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Show PR PR Man to himfel Either ftate to bear profperous ox adverfe. Milton Denbam clean.sh data import.tsv out README Yo a large profpect, rais'd above the leve Of his low creeping thoughts May he fin A happy pafiage, and a profp'rous wind Prefent, fad profpec ! can he ought defcry But what affects his melancholy eye RO'SPEROUSLY. adv Succefsfull The beauties of the ancient fabrick lg( In chains of craggy hills, or lengths of dreary ;?lfl With blood " Claude Lorrain, on the contrary, was convinced that taking nature as he found it _I'c}dom produce beauty; his pictures are a compofition of tim: va rious dranghts which he has previoufly made fro Reynolds various beautiful {cenes and pr ojpa‘z‘x. W g, Vie / int ik to retro futurity : oppofe To be king Stands not within the profpe? of belief No more than to be Cawdor Shake[p Macbeth To him, who hath a profpec? of the differen ftate of perfe@ happinefs or mifery, that attend all men after this life meafure th of goo morrow we fhall die Locke o Againft himfelf his gratitude maintain'd By favours paft, not future profpects gain'd. Smith ..,.12-,.~ Regard to fomething future Is he a prudent man, as to his temporal eftate that lays defigns only for a day, without any proJpeéi to, or provifion for the remaining part of hi life Tillotfon To Prospe'cT. @. a. [ profpefius, Latin. awei 10 look forward wPROSPE'CTIVE. adj. [from profpes. =1, Viewing at a diftance 1/h2. Adting with forefight | b Dig The French king and king of Swedon are cir . cumfped, induftrious and profpectiv ai to in thi Child T PRO'SPER. w. a. [profpero, Latin. To make happy ; to favour I Kind gods, forgiv - Me that, and profper him Shakefp. King Lear All things concur to profper our defign All things to profper any love but mine Dryden ToPro'sPER. @. 2, [ projperer, French. .14 ¥ To be profperous ; to be fuccefsful My word fhall not return void, but accomplif that which I pleafe, and it fhall profper in th thing whereto I fent it Ifaicds This man encreafed by little and little, an things profpered with him more and more. 2 Mac Surer to profper, than profperit clean.sh data import.tsv out README Could have affur'd us Milton 2. To thrive ; to come forward All things do profper beft, whe they are ad vanced to the better; a nurfery of ftocks ought t be in a more barren ground, thgn that whereun you remove them Bacon The plants, which he had fet, did thriv an : prqlfper. Cowley She vifits how they profper'd, bud, and bloom 22 Tha_t_neat kin Milton of acer, whereof violin an an paflage led your wars 1596 wa even t Shakefpeare's Coriolairus th fecon invafio upo th main territories of Spain, profperoufly atchieved b Robert carl of Effex, in confort with the earl o Nottingham Bacon Thofe, who are profperoufl to panegyrick reproaches unjuft, are intitle but affliéted virtue is ffabbed wit Dryden Pro'sreroUsSNESs. #. /. [from profperous. Profperity Prosei'cience. #. /. [from profpicio Latin. The aét of looking forward ProsTERNA'TION. 7./. [from profiern Lat. Deje@tion; depreflion; ftate o being caft down ; a of caftin A word not to be adopted down Pain interrupts the cure of ulcers, whence ar ftirred up a fever, watching, and proffernation o fpirics Wifeman Pro'steTHIS. 7. [0 [meoenSie.] In furgery, that which fills'up what is wantIng, as when fiftulous ulcers are fille up with flefh Di& 7 PRO'STITUTE v. a Latin; proftituer, French. [ proftituo 1. To fell to wickednefs; to expofe t crimes for a reward It is commonl ufed of women fold to whoredom b others or themfelves Do not proflitute thy daughter, to caufe her t be a whore Marrying or proflituting Rape or adultery Leviticus, xix. 29 Milton's Paradife Loft Who fhall prevail with them to do that them felves which they beg of God, to fpare his peopl and his heritage, to profitute them no more t their own finifter defigns Decay of Piety AffeCtions, confecrated to children, hufbands and parents; are vilely profituted and thrown awa upon a hand at loo 2. To expofe upon vile terms Addifon It were unfit, that fo excellent and glorious reward, as the gofpel promifes, fhould ftoop dow like fruit upon a fuil laden bough, to be plucke by every idle and wanton hand, that heaven fhoul be profituted to flothful men Tillotfon Pro'stiTuTE. adj. [profitutus, Latin. Vicious for hire; fold to infamy o wickednefs3 fold.to whoredom Their common loves, a lewd abandon'd pac By floth corrupted, by diforder fed Made bold by want, and proftitute for bread. Pgrior Pro'sTiTuTE. 2. /. [from the verb. 1. A hireling; a mercenary; one wh is fet to fale At open fulfome bawdry they rejoice Bafe proffitute ! thus doft thou gain thy bread. Dsy 2, [ Proftibulum, Lat.] A publick ftrumpet rofperity, in regard of our corrupt inclinatio 'to abufe the bleflings of Almighty Go Prosritrvu'rioN. n. f. [proflitution, Fr from proflizute. 1. The aét of fetting to fale; the ftate o being fet to fale 2. The life of a publick ftrumpet e ‘}"Dg'd%nge'rous to the fouls of men = fid $ Juitice reaps that glory in ou Jehwe robbed him of in our profperity .Rsosmskous adj doth prov Husker calamities K. Charles {projperas, Latin. uccefsful ; fortunat Your good ad ice, which ftill hath been both grav A } P o perons Shakefpeare's Macbeth e Nohireling fhe no proflitute to praife fyllable differ. Sidnc an Spenfer fee t t. Lying at length Once I faw with dread opprefie Her whom 1 drcad; fo that with profirate lying Her length the earth in love's chief cloathin mufical infruments are made, profpe well in thef parts Brown's Travels Prospg RITY. n. /. [ profperitas Latin Profperité, Fr.] Succefs; attainment o - withes; go0d fortune I an Locke " gvil are mightily changed If there be no profpec? beyond the grave, the inference is right; let us eat and drink, for to ; fortunately The gates of Rome ¢, View delineated ; a picturefque repre Denbam [from profperous. Profperonfly T have attempted Yior fentation of a landf{cape PR Pape From every point they come Then dread no dearth of proffitutes at Rome. Dryd An infamous woman, having pafied Ler yout in a moft thamelefs ftate of profitution, now gain her livelihood by feducing others. Addifon's Speét PROSTRA'TE. adj. [proffratus, Latin .The accent was formerly on the firf drefled Before fair Britomart fhe fell profirate Sidncy Spenfer He heard the weftern lords would undermin His city's wall, and lay his tow'rs profirate. Fairf Groveling and proftrate on yon lake of fire. Milt 2. Lyving at mercy Look gracious on thy proffrate thrall Shakefp At thy knces li Our profirate bofomes forc't with prayers to trie If any hofpitable right, or boon Of other nature, fuch as have bin wonn By laws of other houfes, thou wilt give. Chapmat 3. Throw Th down in humbleft adoration warnin foun wa n fooner heard bu the churches were filled, the pavement covered wit bodies proftrate, and wafhed with tears of devou joy Hooker Let us to the plac Repairing where he judg'd us, profirate fal Before him reverent ; and there confef Humbly our faults, and pardon beg Milton While proffrate here in humble griefI lie Kind virtuous drops juft gath'ring in my eye. Pope 70 PrROSTRA'TE 2. a [ profirarus, Lat. This was accented anciently on the firf fyllable 1. To lay flat; to throw down In the fireets many they flew, and fired diver places, proffrating two parifhes almoft entirely A ftorm that all things doth proffrate Hayward Finding a tree alone all comfortlefs Beats on it ftrongly, it to ruinate Spenfer Stake and bind up your weakeft plants againf the winds, before they come too fiercely, and in moment proffrate a whole year's labour. = Ewelyn The drops falling thicker, fafter, and wit greater force, beating down the fruit from the trees proffrating and laying corn growing in the fields 2. [Se proferner in adoration Woodward's Natural Hiffory Fr. 'To throw dow Some have proftrated themfelves an hundred time in the day, and as often in the night Duppa Prostra'rion. n. /. [profiernation, Fr from proftrate. 1. The aét of falling down in adoration Nor is only a refolved profration unto antiquity a powerful enemy unto knowledge, but any confident adherence unto authority Brown The worfhip of the gods had been kept u in temples, with altars, images, facrifices, hymn and groffrations Stilling flee The truths, they had fubfcribed to in {pecula tion, they reverfed by a brutifh fenfelefs devotion managed with a greater profiration of reafon tha of body South z. Dejeétion; depreflion A fudden profiration of firength or weaknefs attends this colick Arbuthrot Prosty'LE n. f. [ proftyle, French ; zos soAG~.] A building that has only pillars in the front Dis Prosy rrocism. u./2 [ pro and f5llogifm. A profyllogifm is when two or more fyllogifm are fo connected together, that the conclufion o the former is the major or the minor of th following Watts Prora'sis n. / [protafe French ggi TOTI 1. A maxim or propofition 2. In the ancient drama, the firft part o a comedy or tragedy that explains th argument of the piece 3 Dig Prora'Tick |