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Defn: Suggestion; incitement; prompting. Shak. Coleridge.

Defn: To make known by open declaration, as laws, decrees, or tidings; to publish; as, to promulgate the secrets of a council.

Syn. -- To publish; declare; proclaim. See Announce.

Defn: The act of promulgating; publication; open declaration; as, the promulgation of the gospel. South.

Defn: One who promulgates or publishes. Dr. H. More.

Defn: To promulgate; to publish or teach. Blackstone. Extraordinary doctrines these for the age in which they were promulged. Prescott.

Defn: One who promulges or publishes what was before unknown. Atterbury.

Defn: The proboscis of hemipterous insects. See Illust. under Hemiptera.

Defn: Somewhat prone; inclined; as, pronate trees. Kane.

Defn: A muscle which produces pronation.

PRONE Prone, a. Etym:

PRONELY Prone"ly, adv.

Defn: In a prone manner or position.

PRONENESS Prone"ness, n.

Defn: Of or pertaining to the pronephros.

Defn: The head kidney. See under Head.

PRONG Prong, n. Etym:

PRONGBUCK Prong"buck`, n. The springbuck. The pronghorn.

PRONGED Pronged, a.

Defn: Having prongs or projections like the tines of a fork; as, a three-pronged fork.

PRONG-HOE Prong"-hoe`, n.

Defn: A hoe with prongs to break the earth.

PRONGHORN Prong"horn`, n.

Defn: An American antelope , native of the plain near the Rocky Mountains. The upper parts are mostly yellowish brown; the under parts, the sides of the head and throat, and the buttocks, are white. The horny sheath of the horns is shed annually. Called also cabr?e, cabut, prongbuck, and pronghorned antelope.

Defn: Proneness; propensity. Dr. H. More.

Defn: Belonging to, or partaking of the nature of, a pronoun.

Defn: To give the effect of a pronoun to; as, to pronominalize the substantives person, people, etc. Early.

Defn: In a pronominal manner

PRONONCE Pro`non`c?", a. Etym:

Defn: Strongly marked; decided, as in manners, etc.

Defn: See Prothonotary.

Defn: The dorsal plate of the prothorax in insects. See Illust. of Coleoptera.

PRONOUN Pro"noun, n. Etym:

Defn: A word used instead of a noun or name, to avoid the repetition of it. The personal pronouns in English are I, thou or you, he, she, it, we, ye, and they.

Syn. -- To deliver; utter; speak. See Deliver.

Defn: Pronouncement; declaration; pronunciation. Milton.

Defn: Capable of being pronounced.

Defn: Strongly marked; unequivocal; decided.

Note: views became every day more pronounced. Thackeray.

Defn: The act of pronouncing; a declaration; a formal announcement.

Defn: One who pronounces, utters, or declares; also, a pronouncing book.

Defn: Pertaining to, or indicating, pronunciation; as, a pronouncing dictionary.

Defn: Presiding over marriage.

Defn: One of the two bodies or nuclei which unite to form the first segmentation nucleus of an impregnated ovum.

Note: In the maturing of the ovum preparatory to impregnation, a part of the germinal vesicle becomes converted into a number of small vesicles, which aggregate themselves into a single clear nucleus. which travels towards the center of the egg and is called the female pronucleus. In impregnation, the spermatozo?n which enters the egg soon loses its tail, while the head forms a nucleus, called the male pronucleus, which gradually travels towards the female pronucleus and eventually fuses with it, forming the first segmentation nucleus.

Defn: Of or pertaining to pronunciation; pronunciative.

Defn: A proclamation or manifesto; a formal announcement or declaration.

Defn: See Pronunciamento.

Defn: The art of manner of uttering a discourse publicly with propriety and gracefulness; -- now called delivery. J. Q. Adams.

Defn: One who pronounces; a pronouncer.

Defn: Of or pertaining to pronunciation; that pronounces.

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