Emily Dickinson Lexicon

prevision, n. [Fr. < L. prævidēre, foresee, anticipate < præ, before + vidēre, see.]

Foresight; foreknowledge; forethought; premeditation; calculation; intent; design; strategy; conscious deliberation; careful planning. 1697 Plots of Wit … unfold / The point with bland prevision … untold

prey, n. [ME < OFr < L. præda, booty, spoil, prey.]

1. Victim; quarry; hunted creature; animal seized by a predator for food.
2. Pillage; plunder; spoil; booty; seized goods.

price (-s), n. [ME < OFr < late L. precium (pretium), price, value, wages, reward.] (webplay: deserves, hands, house, market, paid, pawn, praise, redemption, sold, worth).

1. Cost; amount; sum of money or goods required to purchase.
2. Requirement; demand; stipulation; prerequisite; precondition of a contract; obligatory sum or thing given in exchange for another thing.
3. Sacrifice; payment; loss; act of giving up something of value in exchange for something else.
4. Value; worth.
5. [Fig.] precious commodity; valuable asset; invaluable possession.
6. [Fig.] commerce; trade; business; selling out; greedy act of taking payment for invaluable goods or gifts.

priceless, adj. [see price, n.] (webplay: admit, exchange, redemption).

Precious; beloved; cherished; valued; costly; invaluable; esteemed as having great worth.

prick (-s), v. [Late OE < WGer *prikôjan.] (webplay: ear, pierce).

1. Stab; jab; cause pain to; cause to suffer; [fig.] touch; affect; reach.
2. Raise; erect; open; alert; prepare; ready; make sensitive.

prickle (-d), v. [OE pricel.] (webplay: place, sun).

Sting; bite; tingle; burn; smart; cause a sharp pain.

prickly (pricklier), adj. [see prickle, v.] (webplay: grows, pain, sun).

1. Acute; intense; keen; sharp; painful; smarting; stinging; piercing; stabbing.
2. Irritating; unpleasant; disagreeable; [fig.] complicated; complex; difficult; inexplicable.

pride, n. [Late OE < OFr prūd, see proud, v.] (webplay: beauty, graceful, pass'd, persons, wearer's).

1. Conceit; arrogance; vanity; egoism; lack of humility; inordinate self-esteem; display of superiority over others.
2. Satisfaction; self-respect; healthy self-esteem; pleasure in accomplishments.
3. Adornment; decoration; ornament.

priest (-s), n. [OE < L. presbyter < Gk πρεσβύτερος, elder.]

Clergyman; pastor; minister; religious officer who conducts sacred rituals.

prig, n. [Origin obscure.]

Didactic person; self-righteous individual; sanctimonious being; excessively pious creature; affected propriety; pharisaical attitude; holier-than-thou manner.