Emily Dickinson Lexicon

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.

prohibit (-s), v. [L. prohibēre, hold back, prevent, forbid < prō, in front + habēre, hold.] (webplay: law).

Stop; hinder; prevent; forbid; make impossible; keep from performing an action.

project (-s), n. [L. prōject-um, something thrown forth or out, see project, v.] (webplay: man, plan).

1. Plan; scheme; venture; enterprise; endeavor; effort; aim; goal; design; intent; desire; [fig.] secret; hidden power; latent potential; unrealized ability; presently inactive capacity.
2. [Fig.] dream; vision; imagined view of the future.

project (-ed), v. [L. prōjicěre, throw forth, stretch out, expel, reject, give up < prō, in front + jacěre, throw.] (webplay: distance, eye).

Throw; hurl; pitch; fling away; cast forcefully.