Emily Dickinson Lexicon

process (-es), n. [ME < Fr. < L. prōcess-us, advance, progress, process, lapse of time; see proceed, v.] (webplay: actions, bright, cause, day, decay, design, formal, funeral, God, gradual, growth, heart, man, produce, sun, time, wise).

1. Phenomenon; development; evolution; cycle; pattern; progression; series of events; growth; ripening; maturing.
2. Course; passage. (925/841)
3. [Fig.] errand; task; work; action; experiment; design.
4. [Fig.] existence; occurrence; presence; being.

procession (-s), n. [Early ME < Fr. < L prōcessiōnem, marching onwards, advance; see proceed, v.] (webplay: go, triumphal).

1. Parade; assembly; crowd; ceremonious line of people marching in orderly succession.
2. Funeral cortege; [fig.] litany; prayer; funeral service.
3. [Fig.] heavenly host; concourse of angels; multitude of the righteous in heaven.

proclaim (-ed, -ing), v. [ME < L prōclām-āre, cry out < prō-, before + clāmā-re, call, declare aloud, call upon.] (webplay: men, public).

1. Announce; declare; affirm; profess; publish; utter openly; make known to all by public communication.
2. Prove; reveal; show; expose; uncloak; unmask; make known; make manifest; point out; denounce as.

proclamation, n. [see proclaim, v.]

Announcement; bulletin; notice; decree; pronouncement; official declaration.

procure (-d, procuring, -s), v. [Fr. < L prōcūrāre, take for, take care of, attend to, manage < prō-, before + cūrāre, care for, cure.] (webplay: draw, love).

1. Obtain; get; gain; attain; secure; acquire; take; seize; win possession of.
2. Cause; occasion; bring about; inflict with.
3. [Fig.] insure; guarantee; persuade; force; compel; obligate; require.

prodigal, n. [Fr. < late L. *prōdigāl-is < prōdig-us, wasteful, lavish < prō-, before + ag-ěre, drive.] (webplay: Nature is prodigal, spendthrift).

Waster; squanderer; spendthrift; debauchee; recklessly extravagant consumer.

prodigious, adv. [L. prōdigiōs-us, marvelous, prodigious.] (webplay: mountain).

Amazingly; astonishingly; momentously; ominously; like a monster; in the manner of a giant.

produce, v. [L. prōdūc-ěre, lead, bring forth, extend, promote, produce < prō-, before + dūc-ěre, lead.] (webplay: food).

Create; make; yield; generate; furnish; bring forth; result in; make available.

product (-s), n. [L. prōduct-um, thing produced or brought forth; see produce, v.] (webplay: farm).

1. Result; yield; harvest; fruit.
2. Item; thing; article; good; artifact; invention; creation.
3. [Fig.] emotion; feeling; sensation.

profane (-d, -s), v. [ME < L. profān-āre, to render unholy, desecrate, violate, disclose < profān-us, before the temple, not sacred, common < prō, before (outside) + fān-um, temple.] (webplay: common, joys, name, place, words).

1. Disturb; violate; spoil; mar; ruin; contaminate; corrupt; defile; pollute; blaspheme.
2. Degrade; demean; lessen; depreciate; diminish the value of; decrease respect for.