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 arrogate, assume, or take on him, a great deale more then his due; to ouer-value his owne person, or parts; also, to presume, thinke, weene, imagine, coniecture, suppose.

Presupposé: m. ée: f. Presupposed.

Presupposer. To presuppose; admit, put the case that; imagine, coniecture, weene before-hand.

Presupposition: f. A presupposition, or presupposall; an admitting; a coniecture, or weening.

Presure: f. The rennet wherewith milke, imployed in cheese-making, is curded.

Pretendant: m. One that stands, or sues, or seekes, for a place.

Pretendant. Pretending; claiming, challenging; ayming at, suing or putting in for; also, meaning, intending, seeming, making a shew of, giuing a colour for.

Pretendre. To pretend; lay claime to, aime at, sue, stand, lay or put in, for; also, to meane, seeme, intend, make a shew of, giue a colour for.  Pretendre vne chose de son chef. To deriue his right vnto a thing from the source, or originall thereof.

Pretendu: m. A thing for which a pretence, or pretext is made; or whereunto a claime, or challenge is layd; a thing pretended vnto, aimed at, stood for, hoped after.

Pretendu: m. uë: f. Pretended; sued, or stood for; whervnto claime is made; also, intended, seeming, or wherof shew is made.

Pretente: f. A pretence; purpose, designement, proiect, intent.

Preterit: m. ite: f. Past, ouerpast, ouerslipped, gone, departed, expired.

Pretermettre. To pretermit, omit, ouerslip, ouerpasse, leaue, baulke, neglect; forget. Pretermis: m. ise: f. Pretermitted, omitted, ouerpassed, ouerslipped; baulked, neglected.

Pretermission: f. A pretermission, omission, ouerpassing, baulking, neglect; forgetting.

Preteur: m. A Pretor; a Judge, or Officer of great authoritie among th' auncient Romans.

Pretexte: m. A pretext, pretence, couer, cloake, shadow, colour, shew, excuse, for.

Pretieusement. Preciously, sumptuously, excellently.

Pretieux: m. euse: f. Precious; of great value, much worth, high price; verie sumptuous, excellent, exceeding good.

Pretoire: m. The Pauilion, or house of a Pretor; also, the Court wherein he gaue audience to Suitors; also, his Jursdiction, or the Precinct within which he might exercise it.

Pretrot: m. A little bird somewhat resembling a Linnet.

Preu. Looke Preux. Prevalence: f. Is th' ouerplus, or that which remaines, of the price of land sold for the paiment of a debt.

Prevaloir. To preuaile, gaine, or be the better by; to receiue benefit, assistance, or succour, from; to make vse, or profit of.

Prevaricateur: m. A preuaricator, deceiuer, double dealer; a treacherous Atturney, Solicitor, or follower of a cause; one that pleads by couin, or collusion; or hath priuate intelligence with him against whom he pleads; generally, one that in all his proceedings digresseth from truth, reason, and honestie.

Prevarication: f. Preuarication; treacherie, double dealing, deceit; couin, collusion, or corruption in pleading; a treacherous continuing of intelligence with an aduersarie; a swaruing from truth, reason, and honestie.

Prevariqué. Preuaricated, colluded, treacherously followed, or handled. Prevariquer. To preuaricate, plead by couin, proceed by collusion; to deceiue, deale doubly, or treacherously, with; to betray a cause, wherewith he is trusted, vnto the aduersarie; to swarue, or digresse from truth, and honestie.

Preudefemme: f. A chast, honest, modest, vertuous (graue, or discreet) Matron.

Preudes gents. Valiant, faithfull, honest persons.

Preud'homme. A valiant, hardie, couragious, also, a loyall, faithfull, honest, vertuous (also, a discreet) man; also, the hearbe Clarie.

Preud'hommie: f. Courage, valour, prowesse; loyaltie, faithfulneße; honestie, sinceritie, integritie; good dealing, true meaning.

Preud'hommier: m. ere: f. Valiant, couragious; loyall, faithfull; honest, sincere.

Preveil: m. An ordinarie meeting of Spinsters, and Youngsters, at a certaine place, where they worke, and make merrie, together.

Prevenant. Preuenting, anticipating, outstripping, forestalling.

Prevenement: m. A preuenting, anticipating, outstripping, forestalling.

Prevenir. To preuent, outstrip, anticipate, preoccupate, forestall; also, to appeach, or call in question.

Prevention: f. A preuention, anticipation, preoccupation, forestallment.  Condamner par prevention: viz. devant que le procez soit faict. Before th' Indictment be drawne.

Prevenu: m. (Is in Law) a preuenting of whatsoeuer may be obiected.

Prevenu: m. uë: f. Preuented, outstripped, preoccupated, anticipated, forestalled; also, accused of, charged with, called in question for; whence; Prevenu en Iustice''. Publickly appeached; called into a Court, or before a Judge.''

Preveu: m. euë: f. Foreseene, fore-imagined, forecast, perceiued (also, prouided) beforehand.

Prevoir. To foresee; fore-imagine, forecast; perceiue a farre off, prouide beforehand; preuent what otherwise would follow.

Prevost: m. The Prouost, or President of a Colledge, or Cathedrall Church; also, a principall Magistrate, or Judge in a good towne; also, an vnder Judge of a Prouince; the Judge of a village; or the Roturiers proper Judge; (for such as the Bailli, and Seneschal are among Gentlemen, the Prevost is among Yeomen; whose wardships he disposeth of; whose differences he iudgeth of; and on whom (offending) he inflicteth punishments, or penalties; Looke Prevosts des villes;) also, an vnder Marshall or Prouost Marshall. Prevost des amendes. The Collector of all amerciaments, and small casuall rights due vnto the Lord of a Mannor; stiled thus to set a difference betweene him, and th' ordinarie Judge of the Mannor, who is called Prevost, & Garde, de Iustice. Prevost d'Eglise. Is, in a Cathedrall Church, the Deane; or th' Officer which deliuers out victualls vnto the Canons, &c. Prevost fermier. ''A countrey Prouost, or Officer, who leuies all amerciaments, tolls, & customes, and seises all waifes & strayes, within his Iurisdiction, either to his own vse (as in some places) or for his Lo. (as in the most.)'' Prevost forain. Is (by the customes of Senlis) th' ordinarie Judge of the Prouince; & determines of all Actions reall, or personall; and hath vnder his Jurisdiction all the Churchmen, Gentlemen, Burguers, and others residing, or dwelling within his walke.