Emily Dickinson Lexicon

proffer (-ed), v. [ME < AFr < L. prō-, before + offere, offer.]

Offer; furnish; extent; give; present; provide; supply; make available.

profile, n. [It. profilo, border, drawing of a figure < L. prō-, before + fīl-um, thread.] (webplay: face).

1. Outline; silhouette; sketch; drawing.
2. Face; countenance; physiognomy; visage; appearance; side view of facial features.
3. [Fig.] hint; mention; slight reference; mere implication.

profound (-er), adj. [OFr < L. profund-us, deep, high, vast, obscure, profound < prō-, before + fundus, bottom.] (webplay: learning, scholar, science, sea, wise).

1. Deep; unfathomable; incomprehensible; endless; eternal; [fig.] colossal; enormous; gigantic; immense.
2. Enormously important; tremendously vital; extremely critical.

profound, adv. [see profound, adj.] (webplay: reasoning).

Deeply; wisely; sagely; insightfully, thoughtfully; intelligently.

progenitor, n. [ME < Fr. < L. prōgenitōr-em, ancestor < prō-, before (in time) + gign-ěre, beget.]

Predecessor; precursor; forerunner; originator; creator; begetter; father; [fig.] sunrise; God.

prognostic (-'s, -s), n. [ME < OFr < L. prognōsticon < Gk προγιγνώσκειν, know beforehand.] (webplay: before, day, fair, future, know).

Prophet; seer; person who predicts the future; [fig.] prediction; prophecy; foreknowledge; foreshadowing; foretelling; supposition; conjecture; guess; hypothesis; surmise; reasoned speculation about future events.

prognostication, n. [ME < OFr < L. prognōsticāre; see prognostic, n.] (webplay: know).

Prediction; prophecy; foreknowledge; foreshadowing; foretelling; supposition; conjecture; guess; hypothesis; surmise; reasoned speculation about future events.

programme, n. [In spelling program < Gk or L., reintroduced < Fr. programme, thus the spelling, generally considered to be British standard spelling while the N. Amer. is program.]

Agenda; schedule; playbill; announcement of the sequence of events in a theatrical show.

progress (-'), n. [ME < Fr. < L. prō-, forward + grad-ī, step, walk, go.] (webplay: proportion, sun, time).

1. Advance; onward motion; forward movement; [fig.] journey; trek; opportunity for success; laborious process of overcoming a difficult trial.
2. Growth; development; maturation; increase; propagation.
3. Change; improvement; enhancement; natural course of events; necessary alteration of things due to the lapse of time.
4. Phrase. “In progress”: in motion; on edge; [fig.] alert; tense; in a state of nervous tension.

progressive, adj. [see progress.]

In motion; on edge; [fig.] alert; tense; in a state of nervous tension.