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 Pronostique. A presage, or presaging; a foreknowledge, or foreseeing, of; a shrewd, or neere gueße, at.

Pronube: f. A bride-maid; or, she that attires the bride, and attends on her vnto the bridegroomes house.

Pronube. (Adiectiuely; or as an Epithete, or Adiunct; whence) Iuno pronube, assistant, or superintendent at marriages; or, the goddeße of Mariage.

Propelet: m. A dapper, neat, spruce, quaint, or compt fellow.

Propension: f. Vne pro. à. A propension, or pronenesse; a (naturall) inclination, readinesse, or willingnesse vnto.

Prophete: m. A Prophet.

Prophetie: f. A Prophesie.  Prophetique: com. Propheticall; prophecying; of a Prophet; belonging to a prophecie.

Prophetizant. Prophecying.

Prophetizé: m. ée: f. Prophecied; presaged, fore-*told.

Prophetizer. To prophecie; presage, diuine, fore-*tell.

Prophiloctice: f. An Antidote, a counterpoison; or, that part of Phisicke which concernes the preseruation of the bodie.

Propice: com. Propitious, gracious, fauorable; gentle, tractable; well inclined vnto; also, apt, meet, fit, proper, conuenient for.  À bon bluteur May propice: Pro. Looke May. Propine: f. Drinking money, or somewhat to drinke.

Propitiateur: m. A propitiator; a reconciler, pacifier, appeaser; one that procures fauor for others.

Propitiation: f. A propitiation, or attonement procured; also, a propitiatorie sacrifice.

Propitiatoire: com. Propitiatorie; appeasing, pacifying, reconciling, attoning.

Propitier. To propitiate, or make propitious; to reconcile, attone, pacifie, appease.

Proportion: f. Proportion; a proportion, rate, share; measure, quantitie, size; an equallneße, or answerablenesse.

Proportionné: m. ée: f. Proportioned; equally rated, shared; measured, squared.

Proportionnellement. Proportionally, or proportionably; equally, rateably; according to the iust measure, size, quantitie, or qualitie, of.

Proportionnément. The same.

Proportionner. To proportion; rate, share, square, measure out equally; make one thing answerable, or according, to the other.

Propos: m. A purpose, drift, end, intent, meaning, designe, determination; also, talke, speech, discourse, chat, conference, communication; also, aptneße, fitneße, conueniencie, seasonablenesse, good season; also, the first Bill which a plaintife puts into a Court.  À propos. Fitly, seasonably, conueniently, commodiously, vnto the purpose, or iust pat.  À propos truelle (followed by) bon iour Masson. A prouerbiall phrase, vsed by such, as beginning to quarrell, or expostulate, with others, perceiue on a suddaine some vnexpected thing, the respect or feare whereof makes them as suddainely change, or sweeten, their language.

Proposé: m. ée: f. Purposed, intended, meant; determined, decreed; also, proposed, or propounded.

Proposer. To purpose, meane, designe, determine, intend; also, to propose, propound, alledge; publish, declare, set, or lay downe, bring out, shew forth. Proposer reproches contre. To challenge, or except against (a witnesse, &c.)

Proposeur: m. A propounder, a proposer.

Proposition: f. A proposition; a sentence, or matter propounded; a question, position, or short speech, containing the summe, or substance of that which we intend to proue.  Proposition d'erreur. A Writ, or the laying, of Error; Seeke Erreur. Propre: m. Ones proper, or peculiar substance, estate, liuelyhood, condition; ones owne.  Propre conventionnel. C'est, quand il a esté convenu que les deniers seront imployez en propre heritage; ou quand vn heritage est donné pour estre propre au donataire. Propre naturel. Lands, or goods come from a direct auncestor.

Propre: com. Proper, peculiar, particular, ones owne; also, fit, apt, meet, conuenient, able for; handsome, seemelie, comelie, well accommodated, vnto the purpose.  Propres heritages. Ones auncient inheritance; lands descended, or come vnto him from his auncestors.  Ce propre iour là. That verie day.  Rien n'est nostre n'est que soit en nous propre: Pro. Nothing can be said ours thats not bred with vs.

Propre. (Aduerbially) whence;  Faict au propre. Made of purpose, done for the nonce.  Il se tenoit propre de sa personne. He kept himselfe neatly, or handsomely.

Proprement. Properly, aptly, fitly, iust, meet; conueniently, handsomely, decently, to good purpose.  Qu'aujourd'huy proprement. That iust to day, that this verie day.

Propret: m. ette: f. Prettie, gentle, feat; neat, spruce, picked, compt, minion, tricksie, trimme.

Propreté: f. Fitneße, aptneße; prettinesse, neatnesse, handsomenesse, gentlenesse.

Proprietaire: com. A proprietarie, an owner.

Proprietaire: com. Proprietarie, as an owner.  Rente proprietaire. A rent seruice, or fundamentall rent, going with, or annexed vnto, the land.  Seigneur proprietaire. The right owner of an inheritance.

Proprietairement. Jn propertie, absolutely, as an owner, as his owne.

Proprieté: f. A propertie; proprietie; owing, specialtie in; a iust and absolute power ouer, a freehold in; also, the nature, qualitie, inclination, or disposition of; also, a handsome, or comelie assortment; a fit commoditie, or furnishment; and, a roome or place well accommodated or fitted.

Propugnacule: com. A fortresse, bulwarke, strong hold, sure defence.

Propulsation: f. A propulsation, repelling, driuing back, chasing forward, putting away.

Prorata. Au p. de. Euerie one after the rate, or according to the value, of.

Proriter. To prouoke, vrge, excite, exasperate.

Prorogation: f. A prorogation, or proroguing; a driuing, or putting off.

Prorogé: m. ée: f. Prorogued, prolonged, put off.

Proroger. To prorogue, put ouer, driue off; prolong, deferre, delay.

Proscript: m. An Outlaw; a man designed, or exposed vnto slaughter; a proscribed, or attainted person.