Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PRO-LOC'U-TOR-SHIP, n.

The office or station of a prolocutor.

PRO'LO-GIZE, v.i.

To deliver a prologue. [Not in use.]

PRO'LOGUE, n. [pro'log; Fr. from L. prologus; Gr. προλογος; προ and λογος, discourse.]

The preface or introduction to a discourse or performance, chiefly the discourse or poem spoken before a dramatic performance or play begins. – Encyc.

PRO'LOGUE, v.t. [pro'log; It. prologare.]

To introduce with a formal preface. – Shak.

PRO'LOGU-ED, pp.

Introduced with a preface.

PRO'LOGU-ING, ppr.

Introducing with a formal preface.

PRO-LONG', v.t. [Fr. prolonger; It. prolongare; Sp. prolongar; L. pro and longus. See Long.]

1. To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of. Temperate habits tend to prolong life.
2. To lengthen; to draw out in time by delay; to continue. Th' unhappy queen with talk prolong'd the night. – Dryden.
3. To put off to a distant time. For I myself am not so well provided / As else I would be, were the day prolong'd. – Shak.
4. To extend in space or length.

PRO-LON'GATE, v.t.

1. To extend or lengthen in space; as, to prolongate a line.
2. To extend in time. [Little used.]

PRO-LON'GA-TED, pp.

Extended in space; continued in length.

PRO-LON'GA-TING, ppr.

Lengthening in space.

PRO-LON-GA'TION, n. [Fr.]

1. The act of lengthening in time or space; as, the prolongation of life. – Bacon. The prolongation of a line. – Lavoisier, Trans.
2. Extension of time by delay or postponement; as, the prolongation of days for payment. – Bacon.

PRO-LONG'ED, pp.

Lengthened in duration or space.

PRO-LONG'ER, n.

He or that which lengthens in time or space.

PRO-LONG'ING, ppr.

Extending in time; continuing in length.

PRO-LU'SION, n. [s as z. L. prolusio, proludo; pro and ludo, to play.]

A prelude; entertainment; diverting performance. [Little used.] – Hakewill.

PROM-E-NADE, n. [Fr. from promener; pro and mener, to lead.]

1. A walk for amusement or exercise.
2. A place for walking.

PROM-E-NADE', v.i.

To walk for amusement or exercise.

PROM-E-NAD'ER, n.

He or that which promenades.

PROM-E-NAD'ING, ppr.

Walking for amusement or exercise.

PRO-MER'IT, v.t. [L. promereo, promeritum; pro and mereo, to merit.]

1. To oblige; to confer a favor on. – Hall.
2. To deserve; to procure by merit. – Pearson. [This word is little used or not at all.]

PRO-ME-THE'AN, a.

Pertaining to Prometheus, who stole fire from heaven.

PRO-ME'THE-AN, n.

A glass tube containing sulphuric acid, and surrounded by an inflammable mixture, which it ignites on being pressed. – Brande.

PROM'I-NENCE, or PROM'I-NEN-CY, n. [L. prominentia, from promineo; pro and minor, to menace, that is, to shoot forward.]

1. A standing out from the surface of something, or that which juts out; protuberance; as, the prominence of a joint; the prominence of a rock or cliff; the prominence of a nose. Small hills and knolls are prominences on the surface of the earth.
2. Conspicuousness; distinction.

PROM'I-NENT, a. [L. prominens.]

1. Standing out beyond the line or surface of something; jutting; protuberant; in high relief; as, a prominent figure on a vase.
2. Full; large; as, a prominent eye.
3. Eminent; distinguished above others; as, a prominent character.
4. Principal; most visible or striking to the eye; conspicuous. The figure of a man or of a building holds a prominent place in a picture.

PROM'I-NENT-LY, adv.

In a prominent manner; so as to stand out beyond the other parts; eminently; in a striking manner; conspicuously.