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Prest
(gcide) | Prest \Prest\, v. t.
To give as a loan; to lend. [Obs.]
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Sums of money . . . prested out in loan. --E. Hall.
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Prest
(gcide) | Prest \Prest\ (pr[e^]st),
imp. & p. p. of Press.
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Prest
(gcide) | Prest \Prest\, a. [OF. prest, F. pr[^e]t, fr. L. praestus ready.
Cf. Presto.]
1. Ready; prompt; prepared. [Obs.]
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All prest to such battle he was. --R. of
Gloucester.
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2. Neat; tidy; proper. [Obs.] --Tusser.
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Prest money, money formerly paid to men when they enlisted
into the British service; -- so called because it bound
those that received it to be ready for service when called
upon.
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Prest
(gcide) | Prest \Prest\, n. [OF. prest, F. pr[^e]t, fr. OF. prester to
lend, F. pr[^e]ter, fr. L. praestare to stand before, to
become surety for, to fulfill, offer, supply; prae before +
stare to stand. See Pre-, and Stand, and cf. Press to
force into service.]
1. Ready money; a loan of money. [Obs.]
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Requiring of the city a prest of six thousand marks.
--Bacon.
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2. (Law) A duty in money formerly paid by the sheriff on his
account in the exchequer, or for money left or remaining
in his hands. --Cowell.
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prestavať
(msas) | prestavať
- rebuild |
prestaviť
(msas) | prestaviť
- introduce |
prestať
(msas) | prestať
- leave off, let up, cease, stop doing, terminate |
prestieradlo
(msas) | prestieradlo
- sheet |
prestrašený
(msas) | prestrašený
- afraid, scarred |
prestup
(msas) | prestup
- conversion, smilax |
prestávka
(msas) | prestávka
- hiatus, intermission, pause, timeout |
prestahovany
(msasasci) | prestahovany
- moved |
prestahovat
(msasasci) | prestahovat
- move |
prestat
(msasasci) | prestat
- leave off, let up, cease, stop doing, terminate |
prestavat
(msasasci) | prestavat
- rebuild |
prestavit
(msasasci) | prestavit
- introduce |
prestavka
(msasasci) | prestavka
- hiatus, intermission, pause, timeout |
prestieradlo
(msasasci) | prestieradlo
- sheet |
prestraseny
(msasasci) | prestraseny
- afraid, scarred |
prestup
(msasasci) | prestup
- conversion, smilax |
prestidigitate
(encz) | prestidigitate, |
prestidigitation
(encz) | prestidigitation,eskamotérství n: Michal Ambrožprestidigitation,schopnost předvádět triky n: Michal Ambrož |
prestidigitator
(encz) | prestidigitator,iluzionista n: Zdeněk Brož |
prestidigitatorial
(encz) | prestidigitatorial,iluzionistický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
prestige
(encz) | prestige,prestiž Zdeněk Brož |
prestige damage
(encz) | prestige damage,prestižní škoda [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
prestigious
(encz) | prestigious,prestižní Pavel Machek; Gizaprestigious,renomovaný Pavel Machek; Giza |
prestigiousness
(encz) | prestigiousness, n: |
prestissimo
(encz) | prestissimo, adv: |
presto
(encz) | presto,presto Zdeněk Brož |
preston
(encz) | Preston,Preston n: [jmén.] příjmení, město - Velká Británie, okres v
USA, mužské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
prestiž
(czen) | prestiž,cachetn: macskaprestiž,prestige Zdeněk Brožprestiž,status[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
prestižní
(czen) | prestižní,prestigious Pavel Machek; Giza |
prestižní škoda
(czen) | prestižní škoda,prestige damage[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
presto
(czen) | presto,presto Zdeněk Brož |
preston
(czen) | Preston,Prestonn: [jmén.] příjmení, město - Velká Británie, okres v USA,
mužské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Apprest
(gcide) | Appressed \Ap*pressed"\, Apprest \Ap*prest"\, a. [p. p. appress,
which is not in use. See Adpress.] (Bot.)
Pressed close to, or lying against, something for its whole
length, as against a stem. --Gray.
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Buprestidan
(gcide) | Buprestidan \Bu*pres"ti*dan\, n. [L. buprestis, Gr. ?, a
poisonous beetle, which, being eaten by cattle in the grass,
caused them to swell up and and die; ? ox, cow + ? to blow
up, swell out.] (Zool.)
One of a tribe of beetles, of the genus Buprestis and
allied genera, usually with brilliant metallic colors. The
larv[ae] are usually borers in timber, or beneath bark, and
are often very destructive to trees.
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Imprest
(gcide) | Imprest \Im*prest"\ ([i^]m*pr[e^]st"), v. t. [ imp. & p. p.
Imprested; p. pr. & vb. n. Impresting.] [Pref. im- +
prest: cf. It. imprestare. See Prest, n.]
To advance on loan. --Burke.
[1913 Webster]Imprest \Im"prest\ ([i^]m"pr[e^]st), n. [Cf. It. impresto,
imprestito, LL. impraestitum. See Imprest, v. t., and
Impress compulsion to serve.]
A kind of earnest money; loan; -- specifically, money
advanced for some public service, as in enlistment. --Burke.
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The clearing of their imprests for what little of their
debts they have received. --Pepys. |
Imprest fund
(gcide) | Imprest fund \Im"prest fund`\, n.
A sum of money to be used as petty cash.
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Imprested
(gcide) | Imprest \Im*prest"\ ([i^]m*pr[e^]st"), v. t. [ imp. & p. p.
Imprested; p. pr. & vb. n. Impresting.] [Pref. im- +
prest: cf. It. imprestare. See Prest, n.]
To advance on loan. --Burke.
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Impresting
(gcide) | Imprest \Im*prest"\ ([i^]m*pr[e^]st"), v. t. [ imp. & p. p.
Imprested; p. pr. & vb. n. Impresting.] [Pref. im- +
prest: cf. It. imprestare. See Prest, n.]
To advance on loan. --Burke.
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Pourpresture
(gcide) | Pourpresture \Pour*pres"ture\ (?; 135), n. (Law)
See Purpresture.
[1913 Webster]Purpresture \Pur*pres"ture\, n. [Probably corrupted (see
Prest) fr. OF. pourprisure, fr. pourprendre: cf. LL.
purprestura. Cf. Purprise.] (Law)
Wrongful encroachment upon another's property; esp., any
encroachment upon, or inclosure of, that which should be
common or public, as highways, rivers, harbors, forts, etc.
[Written also pourpresture.]
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pourpresture
(gcide) | Pourpresture \Pour*pres"ture\ (?; 135), n. (Law)
See Purpresture.
[1913 Webster]Purpresture \Pur*pres"ture\, n. [Probably corrupted (see
Prest) fr. OF. pourprisure, fr. pourprendre: cf. LL.
purprestura. Cf. Purprise.] (Law)
Wrongful encroachment upon another's property; esp., any
encroachment upon, or inclosure of, that which should be
common or public, as highways, rivers, harbors, forts, etc.
[Written also pourpresture.]
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Prest money
(gcide) | Prest \Prest\, a. [OF. prest, F. pr[^e]t, fr. L. praestus ready.
Cf. Presto.]
1. Ready; prompt; prepared. [Obs.]
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All prest to such battle he was. --R. of
Gloucester.
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2. Neat; tidy; proper. [Obs.] --Tusser.
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Prest money, money formerly paid to men when they enlisted
into the British service; -- so called because it bound
those that received it to be ready for service when called
upon.
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Prestable
(gcide) | Prestable \Prest"a*ble\, a.
Payable. [Scot.]
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Prestation
(gcide) | Prestation \Pres*ta"tion\, n. [L. praestatio a performing,
paying, fr. praestare: cf. F. prestation.] (O. Eng. Law)
A payment of money; a toll or duty; also, the rendering of a
service. --Burrill.
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Prestation money, a sum of money paid yearly by archdeacons
and other dignitaries to their bishop.
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Prestation money
(gcide) | Prestation \Pres*ta"tion\, n. [L. praestatio a performing,
paying, fr. praestare: cf. F. prestation.] (O. Eng. Law)
A payment of money; a toll or duty; also, the rendering of a
service. --Burrill.
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Prestation money, a sum of money paid yearly by archdeacons
and other dignitaries to their bishop.
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Prester
(gcide) | Prester \Pres"ter\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, from ? to kindle or
burn, and ? to blow up, swell out by blowing.]
1. A meteor or exhalation formerly supposed to be thrown from
the clouds with such violence that by collision it is set
on fire. [Obs.]
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2. pl. One of the veins of the neck when swollen with anger
or other excitement. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]Prester \Pres"ter\, n. [OF. prestre. See Priest.]
A priest or presbyter; as, Prester John. [Obs.]
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Presternal
(gcide) | Presternum \Pre*ster"num\, n. [NL.] (Anat.)
The anterior segment of the sternum; the manubrium. --
Pre*ster"nal, a.
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Presternum
(gcide) | Presternum \Pre*ster"num\, n. [NL.] (Anat.)
The anterior segment of the sternum; the manubrium. --
Pre*ster"nal, a.
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Prestidigital
(gcide) | Prestidigital \Pres`ti*dig"i*tal\, a.
Nimble-fingered; having fingers fit for prestidigitation, or
juggling. [R.] "His prestidigital hand." --Charles Reade.
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Prestidigitation
(gcide) | Prestidigitation \Pres`ti*dig`i*ta"tion\, n.
Legerdemain; sleight of hand; juggling.
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Prestidigitator
(gcide) | Prestidigitator \Pres`ti*dig"i*ta`tor\, n. [L. praesto ready +
digitus finger: cf. F. prestidigitateur.]
One skilled in legerdemain or sleight of hand; a juggler.
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Prestige
(gcide) | Prestige \Pres"tige\ (?; 277), n. [F., fr. L. praestigum
delusion, illusion, praestigae deceptions, jugglers' tricks,
prob. fr. prae before + the root of stinguere to extinguish,
originally, to prick. See Stick, v.]
1. Delusion; illusion; trick. [Obs.]
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The sophisms of infidelity, and the prestiges of
imposture. --Bp.
Warburton.
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2. Weight or influence derived from past success; expectation
of future achievements founded on those already
accomplished; force or charm derived from acknowledged
character or reputation. "The prestige of his name must go
for something." --Sir G. C. Lewis.
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Prestigiation
(gcide) | Prestigiation \Pres*tig`i*a"tion\, n. [L. praestigiare to
deceive by juggling tricks, fr. praestigae. See Prestige.]
Legerdemain; prestidigitation. [Obs.]
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Prestigiator
(gcide) | Prestigiator \Pres*tig"i*a`tor\, n. [L. praestigiator.]
A juggler; prestidigitator. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More.
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Prestigiatory
(gcide) | Prestigiatory \Pres*tig"i*a*to*ry\, a.
Consisting of impostures; juggling. [Obs.] --Barrow.
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Prestigious
(gcide) | Prestigious \Pres*tig"i*ous\, a. [L. praestigiosus.]
Practicing tricks; juggling. [Obs.] --Cotton Mather.
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Prestimony
(gcide) | Prestimony \Pres"ti*mo*ny\, n. [LL. praestimonium, fr. L.
praestare to furnish, supply: cf. F. prestimonie. See
Prest, n.] (Canon Law)
A fund for the support of a priest, without the title of a
benefice. The patron in the collator.
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Prestissimo
(gcide) | Prestissimo \Pres*tis"si*mo\, adv. [It., superl. of presto.]
(Mus.)
Very quickly; with great rapidity.
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Presto
(gcide) | Presto \Pres"to\, adv. [It. or Sp. presto quick, quickly. See
Prest, a.]
1. Quickly; immediately; in haste; suddenly.
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Presto! begone! 'tis here again. --Swift.
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2. (Mus.) Quickly; rapidly; -- a direction for a quick,
lively movement or performance; quicker than allegro, or
any rate of time except prestissimo.
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Prestriction
(gcide) | Prestriction \Pre*stric"tion\, n. [L. praestrictio a binding
fast, fr. praestringere. See Pre-, and Stringent.]
Obstruction, dimness, or defect of sight. [Obs.] --Milton.
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Purpresture
(gcide) | Purpresture \Pur*pres"ture\, n. [Probably corrupted (see
Prest) fr. OF. pourprisure, fr. pourprendre: cf. LL.
purprestura. Cf. Purprise.] (Law)
Wrongful encroachment upon another's property; esp., any
encroachment upon, or inclosure of, that which should be
common or public, as highways, rivers, harbors, forts, etc.
[Written also pourpresture.]
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erskine preston caldwell
(wn) | Erskine Preston Caldwell
n 1: United States author remembered for novels about poverty
and degeneration (1903-1987) [syn: Caldwell, {Erskine
Caldwell}, Erskine Preston Caldwell] |
prestidigitation
(wn) | prestidigitation
n 1: manual dexterity in the execution of tricks [syn:
prestidigitation, sleight of hand] |
prestidigitator
(wn) | prestidigitator
n 1: someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience
[syn: magician, prestidigitator, conjurer,
conjuror, illusionist] |
prestige
(wn) | prestige
n 1: a high standing achieved through success or influence or
wealth etc.; "he wanted to achieve power and prestige"
[syn: prestige, prestigiousness] |
prestigious
(wn) | prestigious
adj 1: having an illustrious reputation; respected; "our
esteemed leader"; "a prestigious author" [syn:
esteemed, honored, prestigious]
2: exerting influence by reason of high status or prestige; "a
prestigious professor at a prestigious university" |
prestigiousness
(wn) | prestigiousness
n 1: a high standing achieved through success or influence or
wealth etc.; "he wanted to achieve power and prestige"
[syn: prestige, prestigiousness] |
prestissimo
(wn) | prestissimo
adv 1: extremely fast; as fast as possible; "this passage should
be played prestissimo"
adj 1: (of tempo) as fast as possible |
presto
(wn) | presto
adv 1: suddenly; "Presto! begone! 'tis here again"- Swift
2: at a very fast tempo (faster than allegro)
adj 1: (of tempo) very fast |
prestidigitization
(foldoc) | prestidigitization
/pres`t*-di"j*-ti:-zay"sh*n/ 1. A term coined by Daniel Klein
for the act of putting something into
digital notation via sleight of hand.
["Open Channel", IEEE "Computer", November 1981].
2. Data entry through legerdemain.
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presto
(foldoc) | PRESTO
A parallel language for shared-memory multiprocessors, built
on top of C++ by Bershad et al, U Washington 1987. PRESTO
provides classes for threads and spinlocks as well as
Mesa-style monitors and condition variables.
(ftp://cs.washington.edu/pub/presto1.0.tar.Z). E-mail:
.
["PRESTO: A Kernel for Parallel Programming Environments",
B.N. Bershad et al, U Wash CS TR, Jan 1987].
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prestidigitization
(jargon) | prestidigitization
/pres`t@·di`j@·ti:·zay'sh@n/, n.
1. The act of putting something into digital notation via sleight of hand.
2. Data entry through legerdemain.
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PURPRESTURE
(bouvier) | PURPRESTURE. According to Lord Coke, purpresture, is a close or enclosure,
that is, when one encroaches or makes several to himself that which ought to
be in common to many; as if an individual were to build between high and low
water-mark on the side of a public river. In England this is a nuisance; and
in cases of this kind an injunction will be granted, on ex parte affidavits,
to restrain such a purpresture and nuisance. 2 Bouv. Inst. n, 2382; 4 Id. n.
3798; 2 Inst. 28; and see Skene, verbo Pourpresture; Glanville, lib. 9, ch.
11, p. 239, note Spelm. Gloss. Purpresture Hale, de Port. Mar.; Harg. Law
Tracts, 84; 2 Anstr. 606; Cal. on Sew. 174 Redes. Tr. 117.
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