P (continued 2)

Pronounce, v. a. 1. Utter (with proper accent and tone), speak, enunciate, ARTICULATE.

2. Declare, affirm.

3. Deliver (as an oration).

Pronunciamento, n. Proclamation, announcement, declaration, manifesto.

Proof, n. 1. Test, trial, essay, experiment, ordeal.

2. Demonstration, certification, attestation, satisfactory evidence.

3. Proof-sheet.

Proof-sheet, n. Proof.

Prop, v. a. Support, sustain, uphold, hold up, shore up.

Prop, n. Support, stay, brace, FULCRUM.

Propagate, v. a. 1. Multiply, increase, continue.

2. Spread, diffuse, disseminate, circulate, extend, spread abroad.

3. Generate, beget, engender, procreate, breed, produce, bring into being.

Propagation, n. 1. Multiplication, increase, continuance.

2. Dissemination, diffusion, extension, enlargement.

3. Generation, procreation, breeding.

Propel, v. a. Impel, drive forward, push forward, urge on.

Propensity, n. Inclination, PRONENESS.

Proper, a. 1. Particular, peculiar, individual, special, specific, not common.

2. Fit, fitting, befitting, suitable, appropriate, meet, seemly, convenient, adapted, becoming, right, legitimate.

Property, n. 1. Quality, attribute, peculiarity, characteristic, nature.

2. Wealth, estate, goods, possessions, one's own.

3. Ownership, exclusive right.

Prophasis, n. (Med.) Prognosis.

Prophecy, n. Prediction, prognostication, vaticination, foretelling, divination.

Prophesy, v. a. Predict, foretell, prognosticate, VATICINATE, divine.

Prophet, n. Predicter, foreteller, seer, soothsayer, vaticinator.

Prophetic, a. Predictive, foretelling, predicting.

Prophylactic, a. (Med.) Preventive, preservative.

Prophylactic, n. (Med.) Preventive, preservative.

Propinquity, n. 1. Nearness, proximity, vicinity, neighborhood.

2. Kindred, affinity.

Propitiate, v. a. Conciliate, appease, pacify, reconcile, gain the favor of, make propitious, make favorable.

Propitiation, n. 1. Conciliation, reconciliation, pacification.

2. Atonement, expiation, satisfaction, reparation, atoning sacrifice.

Propitious, a. 1. Gracious, benevolent, benign, kind.

2. Auspicious, lucky, happy, fortunate, favorable, opportune, prosperous, promising, in a fair way.

Proportion, n. 1. Symmetry, symmetrical relation.

2. Share, lot, part, portion.

Proportion, v. a. Adjust (in proper relations), regulate, graduate, put in proportion.

Proportionable, a. Proportional.

Proportionably, ad. Proportionally.

Proportional, a. Proportionate, proportionable, symmetrical, correspondent.

Proportionally, ad. Proportionably, proportionately, in proportion, PRO RATA.

Proportionate, a. Proportional.

Proportionately, ad. Proportionally.

Proposal, n. Offer (of something to be done), proffer, tender, overture, PROPOSITION.

Propose, v. a. Offer (for consideration), proffer, tender, propound, enounce, present, suggest, recommend, move, hold out.

Propose, v. n. [Recent.] Intend, design, mean, purpose, have the intention, propose to one's self.

Proposition, n. 1. Offer (of something to be considered), proffer, tender, overture, suggestion, PROPOSAL.

2. Position, thesis, statement, declaration, dictum, doctrine.

3. (Logic.) Period, complete sentence.

Propound, v. a. Propose.

Proprietary, n. Proprietor.

Proprietor, n. Possessor, owner, proprietary.

Propriety, n. 1. Fitness (to a proper standard or rule), appropriateness, suitableness, seemliness, justness, correctness, accuracy, consonance, adaptation, reasonableness.

2. Decorum, decency, good behavior, proper formality.

Propulsive, a. Propelling.

Pro-rata, [L.] Proportionally, proportionably, proportionately, in proportion.

Prorogation, n. Adjournment.

Prorogue, v. a. Adjourn (as Parliament).

Prosaic, a. 1. Prosy, unpoetical.

2. Dull, flat, bald, stupid, uninteresting, unentertaining, tiresome, tedious, prosing, vapid, tame, humdrum.

Proscribe, v. a. 1. Banish, exile, outlaw, doom to destruction.

2. Exclude, interdict, prohibit, reject, forbid, shut out.

3. Denounce, censure, condemn.

Proscription, n. 1. Banishment, exile, outlawry.

2. Exclusion, interdiction, prohibition.

3. Denunciation, censure, condemnation.

Prosecute, v. a. 1. Pursue, continue, follow out, carry out, carry on, persevere in.

2. Arraign, take the law of, bring before a court.

Prosecution, n. 1. Pursuit.

2. Arraignment, bringing to trial.

Prosecutor, n. Plaintiff, accuser.

Proselyte, n. Convert, catechumen.

Proselyte, v. a. Convert, bring over.

Proser, n. Bore, buttonholder, tedious narrator.

Prosing, a. Dull, flat, stupid, PROSAIC.

Prosopopœia, n. (Rhet.) Personification.

Prospect, n. 1. View, survey, display, sight, scene, show, spectacle, vista, perspective.

2. Landscape, scenery, picture, bird's-eye view.

3. Expectation, anticipation, contemplation, calculation, expectance, foreseeing, promise, presumption, hope, trust, ABEYANCE.

Prospective, a. Future, coming.

Prospective, n. 1. Distant view.

2. View, prospect, contemplation.

Prospectively, ad. In the future, hereafter.

Prospectus, n. Plan (of a literary work), outline, scheme.

Prosper, v. a. Favor, befriend, aid, forward, help, make successful.

Prosper, v. n. Succeed, flourish, thrive, go on well, be successful.

Prosperity, n. Success, thrift, welfare, happiness, well-being, luck, good fortune, good luck, run of luck, palmy days, halcyon days, smiles of fortune.

Prosperous, a. 1. Successful, thriving, flourishing, fortunate, lucky, happy, well off, well to do.

2. Favorable, propitious, auspicious, good, golden, bright.

Prostitute, v. a. Misuse, abuse, misapply, pervert, make a bad use of.

Prostitute, n. Courtesan, STRUMPET.

Prostitution, n. 1. Misuse, abuse, perversion, profanation.

2. Unlawful sexual intercourse (on the part of a woman, for hire), harlotry.

Prostrate, a. 1. Prostrated, prone, stretched out.

2. Exhausted, fainting, sinking, overcome.

Prostrate, v. a. 1. Overthrow, overturn, level, fell, demolish, destroy, ruin, throw down, lay flat, bring to the ground.

2. Exhaust, reduce, overcome, depress, bring low.

Prostration, n. 1. Overthrow, destruction, demolition.

2. Exhaustion, depression.

Prosy, a. 1. Prosaic, unpoetical.

2. Dull, flat, stupid, uninteresting, unentertaining, tiresome, tedious.

Protect, v. a. Defend (by a covering), guard, shield, screen, shelter, house, preserve, secure, save.

Protection, n. 1. Shelter, defence, security, safety, refuge, guard, preservation.

2. Shield, ægis, buckler, palladium.

Protective, a. Defensive.

Protector, n. Guardian, champion, defender.

Pro tempore, [L.] For the time, for the time being, for the present occasion.

Protest, v. n. Declare (solemnly), aver, affirm, assert, asseverate, avow, profess, attest, testify.

Protest, v. a. Declare (solemnly), assert, affirm.

Protest, n. Declaration (made in a formal manner against something).

Protestation, n. Declaration, asseveration, affirmation, averment, avowal.

Protoplast, n. Prototype.

Prototype, n. Original pattern, model, type, exemplar, example, archetype, protoplast.

Protract, v. a. Prolong, continue, draw out, lengthen, spin out.

Protrude, v. a. 1. Shoot out, thrust forward, push forth.

2. Beetle, jut out, hang over.

Protrude, v. n. Project, jut, bulge, jut out, stand out, be prominent.

Protuberance, n. Prominence, projection, swelling, bulge, process, excrescence.

Protuberant, a. Projecting, prominent, salient, bulging.

Proud, a. 1. Conceited, over-weening, egotistical, assuming.

2. Arrogant, haughty, supercilious, presumptuous, lordly, lofty, vain-glorious, high-spirited, high-strung.

3. Grand, stately, noble.

Prove, v. a. 1. Demonstrate, show, manifest, confirm, establish, evidence, evince, substantiate, verify, make good.

2. Try, test, examine, make trial of, put to the test, experiment upon, submit to the test or proof.

Prove, v. n. Turn out, be found to be.

Provender, n. Food (as hay, corn, &c., for brutes), fodder, forage.

Proverb, n. Adage, maxim, saying, dictum, saw, aphorism, apothegm, by-word.

Provide, v. a. 1. Prepare, procure, get ready, make ready.

2. Supply, furnish, stock.

Provide, v. n. 1. Cater, furnish supplies.

2. Take measures, make provision.

3. Stipulate, bargain, contract, engage, agree, covenant.

Provided, conj. If, on condition, with the understanding.

Providence, n. 1. Forethought, forecast, timely care.

2. Divine government, divine superintendence.

Provident, a. Careful (for the future), prudent, discreet, cautious, forecasting, frugal, economical.

Province, n. 1. Territory, region, tract, domain, district.

2. Dependency, colony.

3. Business, employment, function, duty, charge, calling, office, part, post, capacity.

Provincial, a. 1. Of a province, of provinces.

2. Rude, unpolished, unrefined, rustic, countrified.

Provision, n. 1. Providing, provident care.

2. Preparation, provident measures or steps.

3. Stock, store, hoard, fund.

4. Proviso, stipulation, clause.

Provisions, n. pl. Food, victuals, provender, fare, eatables, viands, subsistence, BREAD.

Provisional, a. Temporary, provisory.

Provisionally, ad. Temporarily, for the present occasion.

Proviso, n. Condition, provision, clause, conditional stipulation.

Provisory, a. Provisional.

Provocation, n. 1. Incitement, stimulus, stimulant, incentive, provocative.

2. Affront, offence, indignity, insult.

Provocative, a. Stimulating, exciting, that excites or provokes.

Provocative, n. Stimulant, stimulus, incentive, provocation.

Provoke, v. a. 1. Excite, stimulate, arouse, awaken, incite, move, kindle, inflame, animate, instigate, impel, stir up, work up.

2. Exasperate, incense, enrage, chafe, anger, irritate, exacerbate, nettle, offend, affront, infuriate, give offence or umbrage to, put out, put out of humor, work into a passion, lash into fury, raise one's ire, raise one's dander, make one's blood boil, drive one mad.

Provoking, a. Irritating, vexing, vexatious, annoying, tormenting, aggravating, offensive.

Prow, n. Bow, stern, beak.

Prowess, n. Bravery, valor, intrepidity, courage, gallantry, heroism, fearlessness, daring.

Proximate, a. Next, nearest, immediate, close, not remote.

Proximity, n. Nearness, contiguity, adjacency, vicinity, vicinage, neighborhood.

Proximo, n. [L.] Next month.

Proxy, n. Substitute, agent, deputy, representative, LOCUM TENENS.

Prudence, n. Discretion (accompanied with forecast), caution, carefulness, circumspection, considerateness, common sense, judiciousness, judgment, wisdom (applied to the ordinary affairs of life), sense, tact, GUMPTION, ballast.

Prudent, a. 1. Discreet, cautious, careful, circumspect, wary, considerate, judicious, provident, prudential.

2. Frugal, economical.

Prudential, a. Politic, PRUDENT.

Prudery, n. Coyness, demureness, stiffness, affected reserve.

Prudish, a. Coy, demure, reserved, over-modest, affectedly modest.

Prune, v. a. Lop, trim, clip, dock, cut short.

Prune, n. Dried plum.

Prurience, n. Itching, longing, lust, hankering, cupidity.

Pruriency, n. Itching, longing, lust, hankering, cupidity.

Prurient, a. Itching, longing, hankering, craving, lustful.

Prussian blue, Ferrocyanide of iron, ferrocyanuret of iron.

Prussic acid, Hydrocyanic acid.

Pry, v. n. Peer, pry, search, look closely or narrowly.

Prying, a. Curious, inquisitive, peering, scrutinizing.

Psalm, n. Sacred song.

Psalmody, n. Psalm-singing.

Psalm-singing, n. Psalmody.

Psalm-tune, n. Choral.

Psalter, n. Book of Psalms.

Pseudonyme, n. False name.

Pshaw, interj. Poh, pugh, fiddle-stick, nonsense, fudge.

Psora, n. [L.] (Med.) Scabies, the itch.

Psychological, a. Metaphysical.

Psychology, n. Metaphysics, pneumatology, science of mind.

Public, a. 1. Of the whole, not private.

2. Open, notorious, generally known.

3. Common, general.

Public, n. [Preceded by The.] Persons, men, society, the people, the community, the world.

Publican, n. Tax-gatherer.

Publication, n. 1. Promulgation, proclamation, divulgation.

2. Literary production (book, pamphlet, magazine, &c.).

Public-house, n. Inn, tavern, house of entertainment.

Publicity, n. Notoriety, currency.

Publish, v. a. 1. Promulgate, proclaim, blaze, blazon, announce, declare, disclose, divulge, reveal, advertise, impart, communicate, broach, make known, spread abroad, blaze abroad.

2. Issue (as a book), emit, send forth, bring out.

Puceron, n. Plant-louse, vine-fretter, aphis.

Pucker, v. a. Corrugate, cockle, wrinkle, gather into wrinkles or folds.

Pucker, n. 1. Fold, wrinkle.

2. [Vulgar.] Confusion, bother, perplexity, agitation, flurry, bustle, flutter, excitement, discomposure, fever, fret, tremor, perturbation, FUSS.

Pudder, n. Bustle, tumult, turmoil, confusion, pother.

Pudding-stone, n. Conglomerate.

Puddle, n. Pool (of dirty water).

Puerile, a. 1. Boyish, childish, juvenile, youthful.

2. Foolish, trifling, trivial, idle, silly, senseless, nonsensical.

Puerility, n. 1. Boyishness, childishness, youthfulness, juvenility.

2. Folly, foolishness, nonsense.

Puff, n. Whiff, sudden gust.

Puff, v. n. 1. Blow in puffs.

2. Pant, breathe hard.

Puff, v. a. 1. Blow.

2. Praise (extravagantly).

Puff up, Inflate, swell, blow up.

Puffed up, Conceited, proud, haughty, overweening, vainglorious.

Puffer, n. (Ich.) Globe-fish.

Puffin, n. Coulter-neb, Labrador auk (Alca arctica).

Puffy, a. 1. Swelled, swollen, tumid.

2. Bombastic, inflated, extravagant, turgid, tumid, pompous.

Pugh, interj. Pshaw, poh.

Pugilism, n. Boxing, fisticuffs.

Pugilist, n. Boxer, bully, prize-fighter.

Pugnacious, a. Quarrelsome, fighting, contentious.

Pugnacity, n. Quarrelsomeness.

Pugnis et calcibus, [L.] With fists and heels, with all one's might, TOOTH AND NAIL, HAMMER AND TONGS.

Puissance, n. Power, force, strength, might, potency.

Puissant, a. Powerful, strong, mighty, forcible, potent.

Puke, v. n. Vomit, spew.

Puke, v. a. Vomit, spew, cast up, throw up.

Pule, v. n. Whine, whimper, cry.

Pull, v. a. 1. Draw, haul, tug, drag.

2. Pluck, gather.

3. Tear, rend, draw apart.

Pull, v. n. Tug, give a pull.

Pull in one's horns, [Colloquial.] Repress one's ardor, restrain one's pride, cease boasting, draw in one's horns.

Pullulate, v. n. Germinate, bud, shoot, sprout, vegetate, push, grow, put forth, burst forth, shoot forth.

Pullulation, n. Germination, budding, sprouting.

Pull up, 1. [Active.] Draw up, haul up.

2. [Active.] Extirpate, eradicate, destroy, pluck up.

3. [Neuter.] Stop, halt.

Pulmonary, a. Pulmonic.

Pulmonic, n. Pulmonary.

Pulp, n. Soft part, soft mass.

Pulpit, n. Desk, sacred desk.

Pulsate, v. n. Beat, throb.

Pulsation, n. Beating, beat, throbbing, throb.

Pulsatory, a. Throbbing.

Pulse, n. 1. Beating or throbbing of an artery.

2. Legumes, fruit of leguminous plants.

Pulverable, a. Crumbling, brittle, friable, crisp, pulverizable, easily crumbled.

Pulverizable, a. Pulverable, that may be pulverized.

Pulverize, v. a. Triturate, comminute, bruise, grind, bray, levigate, reduce to powder.

Pulverulent, a. Dusty, powdery.

Pun, n. Quibble, clinch, calembour, play upon words.

Pun, v. n. Quibble, play upon words, make a pun.

Punch, v. a. 1. Perforate, bore, pierce.

2. Push, poke.

Punch, n. 1. Borer.

2. Push, poke.

3. Horse (short and thick).

4. Buffoon (of a puppet-show), clown, harlequin, punchinello, merry-Andrew, zany, scaramouch, fool, antic, pickle-herring, jack-pudding.

Pummel, n. [Written also and preferably Pommel.] Knob, protuberant part.

Pummel, v. a. [Written also and preferably Pommel.] Beat, bruise, thrash, flog, drub, bang, maul, thwack, WALLOP, LICK.

Punchinello, n. Buffoon, PUNCH.

Punctilio, n. Nicety (of behavior), nice point.

Punctilious, a. Nice, exact, particular, precise, scrupulous, over-scrupulous, punctual.

Punctual, a. 1. Nice, exact, PUNCTILIOUS.

2. Prompt, seasonable, timely.

Punctuality, n. 1. Nicety, scrupulosity, scrupulous exactness.

2. Promptness.

Punctuate, v. a. Point.

Puncture, n. Small hole.

Puncture, v. a. Prick, perforate.

Pungency, n. 1. Acridness, acrimony, causticity, poignancy, piquancy, sharpness.

2. Keenness, pointedness, smartness.

Pungent, a. 1. Stinging, stimulating, pricking, sharp, biting, burning, hot, peppery, piercing, penetrating, piquant, acrid, caustic.

2. Acute, keen, acrimonious, severe, distressing, poignant.

Punic, a. 1. Of the Carthaginians.

2. Faithless, perfidious, treacherous, unworthy of trust.

Punic faith, Treachery, perfidiousness.

Punish, v. a. Chastise, castigate, lash, chasten, discipline, correct, scourge, whip.

Punishment, n. Chastisement, correction, discipline, penalty.

Punitive, a. Penal.

Punk, n. 1. Prostitute, STRUMPET.

2. Touchwood, spunk, agaric, amadou, German tinder.

Punner, n. Punster.

Punster, n. Punner, quibbler.

Puny, a. 1. Weak, feeble, inferior.

2. Little, small, petty, diminutive, tiny, dwarf, dwarfish, pygmy, pygmean, stunted, Liliputian.

Pup, n. Puppy, whelp, young dog.

Pupa, n. Chrysalis, aurelia.

Pupil, n. 1. (Anat.) Apple of the eye.

2. Learner, scholar, disciple, student, tyro, neophyte, CATECHUMEN, ELEVE.

3. (Law.) Ward.

Pupilage, n. Nonage, minority, boyhood, girlhood.

Puppy, n. Pup, whelp, young dog.

Purblind, a. Dim-sighted, near-sighted, short-sighted, myopic.

Purchase, v. a. 1. Buy, bargain for.

2. [Rare.] Obtain, acquire, procure, get, gain.

Purchase, n. Bargain.

Purchaser, n. Buyer.

Pure, a. 1. Clean, clear, unsullied, unstained, undefiled, spotless, unspotted, fair, immaculate, untainted, untarnished, unpolluted, uncorrupted.

2. Innocent, guiltless, guileless, true, virtuous, upright, honest, incorrupt, holy.

3. Genuine, unadulterated, unmixed, real, perfect.

4. Modest, chaste.

5. Mere, absolute, sheer.

6. Classic, classical, Attic.

Pureness, n. Purity.

Purgative, a. Cathartic, abstergent, cleansing, purifying, evacuant.

Purgative, n. Purge, physic, cathartic, purgative medicine.

Purgatory, n. Limbo, hell, infernal regions, shades below.

Purge, v. a. Cleanse, clear, purify, clarify, free from impurity.

Purge, n. Purgative.

Purging, n. (Med.) Diarrhœa, relax, flux.

Purification, n. 1. Cleansing, purifying.

2. Defecation, clearing, clarification, depuration.

Purify, v. a. 1. Clear, clean, cleanse, clarify, purge, free from impurity, make pure.

2. Defecate (as liquors).

Purism, n. Nicety (in the use of words), fastidiousness, squeamishness, daintiness, euphuism, affected elegance, finical style.

Puritanic, a. Strict, rigid, ascetic.

Puritanical, a. Strict, rigid, ascetic.

Purity, n. 1. Cleanness, clearness, immaculateness.

2. Innocence, virtue, guiltlessness, guilelessness, holiness, honesty, integrity.

3. Genuineness, excellence.

4. Modesty, chastity.

Purl, v. n. Murmur, ripple, gurgle.

Purlieus, n. pl. [Used generally in a bad sense.] Environs, suburbs, neighborhood, vicinage, border, limit, outskirts, confines.

Purloin, v. a. Steal, rob, pilfer, filch, BOB, CABBAGE.

Purport, n. Design, meaning, signification, import, significance, drift, tenor, scope, sense, tendency, gist, intent, spirit.

Purport, v. a. Intend, mean, signify, import.

Purpose, n. Aim, intent, intention, design, object, end, drift, view, final cause.

Purpose, v. a. Intend, design, mean, meditate, think of, have in mind, resolve upon, propose to one's self.

Purpose, v. n. Intend, design, mean, have in mind.

Purposely, ad. Intentionally, designedly, by design, on purpose.

Pursuance, n. Pursuit, prosecution, following out.

Pursuant to, Agreeable to, conformable to, according to, in pursuance of.

Pursue, v. a. 1. Follow, chase, hunt, track, hound, go after, give chase to.

2. Continue, prosecute, conduct, keep up, carry on, persist in, engage in, follow up.

3. Seek, strive for, try to obtain.

Pursuit, n. 1. Chase, race.

2. Pursuance, prosecution, following out.

Pursuit of, 1. Chase after.

2. Prosecution of, search for, endeavor after.

Pursy, a. 1. Fat, corpulent, fleshy, plump.

2. Short-breathed, short-winded.

Purulence, n. 1. Suppuration, secretion of pus.

2. Pus, matter, purulent matter.

Purulency, n. 1. Suppuration, secretion of pus.

2. Pus, matter, purulent matter.

Purvey, v. n. Provide, cater, procure provisions, provide food.

Purveyor, n. Provider, caterer.

Purview, n. Limit, sphere, scope, extent.

Pus, n. Purulence, matter, purulent matter.

Push, v. a. 1. Thrust, impel (by pressure), hustle, jostle, elbow, crowd.

2. Urge, press forward.

3. Force, press, drive.

4. Importune, tease.

Push, v. n. 1. Thrust, make a thrust.

2. Endeavor, strive, try, exert one's self.

3. Pullulate, bud, sprout, germinate, vegetate, grow, burst out, put forth, shoot forth.

Push, n. 1. Thrust.

2. Trial, test, exigence, extremity, emergency, pinch.

Pusillanimity, n. Cowardice, cowardliness, timidity, poltroonery, recreancy, effeminacy, faint-heartedness.

Pusillanimous, a. Cowardly, timorous, recreant, effeminate, spiritless, weak, mean-spirited, faint-hearted, DOUGH-FACED.

Pustule, n. Ulcer, fester, imposthume, gathering, pimple, blotch, blain, sore.

Put, v. a. 1. Place, set, lay, deposit, commit.

2. Impose, enjoin, levy, inflict.

3. Propose, offer, state, present, bring forward.

4. Oblige, compel, force, constrain.

5. Incite, urge, entice, induce.

Put a Flea in one's ear, Annoy by a cutting remark, sting by a sharp reply.

Put about, (Naut.) Tack.

Putative, a. Reputed, supposed, commonly esteemed.

Put away, 1. Lay away, set aside.

2. Renounce, discard, reject, put off.

3. Divorce.

Put by, 1. Lay by, lay aside.

2. Thrust aside, turn off.

Put down, 1. Deposit, lay down.

2. Repress, crush, baffle, overthrow, destroy.

3. Degrade, humiliate, abash, shame, disconcert, humble.

Put forth, [Active.] 1. Exert, bring into play, bring into action.

2. Extend, thrust out.

3. Emit, send out, throw out.

4. Publish, issue.

Put forth, [Neuter.] 1. Leave port, put to sea.

2. Bud, shoot, germinate, pullulate, push, vegetate, grow.

Put in, [Active.] Introduce, insert, interpose, bring in.

Put in, [Neuter.] Make a harbor, enter a port.

Put in for, Make a claim, offer one's self for, be a candidate for.

Put in one's oar, [Colloquial.] Interfere, meddle, intermeddle, THRUST ONE'S NOSE IN.

Put off, [Active.] 1. Discard, renounce, reject, cast aside, lay aside.

2. Defeat, frustrate, disappoint, turn aside, baffle.

3. Defer, delay, procrastinate, postpone.

4. Get rid of, dispose of.

Put off, [Neuter.] Leave shore, put to sea, put forth.

Put on, 1. Invest with.

2. Assume, take on.

3. Impose, inflict.

4. Impute to, charge upon.

5. (Law.) Rest upon, submit to.

Put one's shoulder to the wheel, Render assistance, lend a hand.

Put out, 1. Eject, expel, banish.

2. Extend, protrude, hold out, stretch forth.

3. Emit, send out, throw out, shoot out.

4. Extinguish.

5. Publish, issue.

6. Dislocate, luxate.

7. Confuse, disconcert, interrupt.

8. Offend, displease, anger, provoke.

Put out of countenance, Shame, mortify, abash, PUT TO SHAME.

Put over, 1. Place in command of, give authority over.

2. Defer, postpone, put off.

Putter, v. n. [U. S.] Trifle, potter, busy one's self about trifles.

Put to, 1. Unite, add to.

2. Expose, refer to, give over to.

Put to death, Kill.

Put to flight, Cause to flee, scatter in flight.

Put to it, Distressed, perplexed, puzzled, embarrassed, staggered, posed, nonplussed, at one's wits' end, put to one's shifts.

Put to rights, Adjust, regulate, set in order, set to rights.

Put to sea, Set sail, put forth, put off.

Put to shame, Shame, abash, mortify, make ashamed, put to the blush, put out of countenance, put down.

Put to the blush, Put to shame.

Put up, 1. Store, pack away.

2. Expose, offer publicly.

3. Put away, lay away, set aside.

Put up, Lodge, stay, STOP, take lodgings.

Put up with, Endure (without complaint), bear, tolerate, suffer, POCKET, submit to, make the best of.

Putrefy, v. a. Corrupt, rot, render putrid.

Putrefy, v. n. Rot, decay, decompose, become rotten, become putrid.

Putrescence, n. Rottenness.

Putrid, a. Rotten, decayed, corrupt, putrefied, carious.

Puzzle, v. a. Perplex, embarrass, bewilder, confound, stagger, pose, nonplus, confuse, mystify.

Puzzle, n. 1. Riddle, enigma, mystery, poser, knotty point.

2. Perplexity, embarrassment, quandary, nonplus.

Pygmean, a. Dwarfish, dwarfed, diminutive, small, stunted, Liliputian, pygmy.

Pygmy, n. Dwarf, hop o' my thumb.

Pygmy, a. Dwarfish, PYGMEAN.

Pyre, n. Funeral pile.

Pyriform, a. Pear-shaped.

Pyroligneous spirit, n. Wood-spirit, wood-naphtha, PYROXYLIC SPIRIT.

Pyrosis, n. (Med.) Water-brash, water-qualm.

Pyrotechnic, a. Of fire-works.

Pyrotechnical, a. Of fire-works.

Pyrotechnics, n. Pyrotechny.

Pyrotechnist, n. Manufacturer of fire-works.

Pyrotechny, n. Pyrotechnics.

Pyroxylic acid, n. Pyroxylic spirit.

Pyroxylic spirit, n. Wood-spirit, wood-naphtha, methylic alcohol, pyroxylic acid, pyroligneous spirit.

Pyroxyline, n. Gun-cotton.

Pyrrhonism, n. Scepticism, unbelief, incredulity, universal doubt.

Pyrrhonist, n. Sceptic, doubter.

Pyx, n. Box (especially that in which the host is kept), tabernacle.