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Show Incline not my heart to prafife wicked work Pfalm cxli. 4 with men that work iniquity No fham fo grofs, but it will pafs upon a wea L'Eftr man that is pragmatical and inquifitive Common eftimation puts an ill charater upo Gov. of the Tongue pragmatick meddling people He underftands no more of his own aflairs, tha At praéiisd diftances to cringe, not fight. AZilt achild ; he has got a fort of a pragmatical filly jad of a wife, that pretends to take him out of m Arbuthnot hands The fellow grew fo pragmatical, that bhe too upon him the goveinment of my whole family of adting in an manner Will truth return unto them that prafife in her Arbuthnot Such a backwardnefs there was among goo men to engage with an ufurping people, and pragSwift matical ambitious orators Milton Oft have we wonder' How fuch a ruling {pirit you cou'd reftrain They are pragmatical enough to ftand on th watch tower, but who afligned them the poft Savift Waller And prafiife firfk over yourfelf to reign 2. To tranfaét; to negotiate fecretly An I've pradis'd with him found a means to let the vi€tor know That Syphax and Sempronius are his friends. A4ddif 3. To try artifices Others by guilty artifice and art Of promis'd kindnefs praé#ife on our hearts With expectation blo the paflion up She fans the fire without one gale of hope Granwv 4. To ufe bad arts or firatagems Pracma'ricarry. adv. [from pragmaMeddlingly; impertinently tical. PragMa'TicaLNESS. #. /. [from pragmatical.] The quality of intermeddlin without right or call PRAISE. ».[/ [ prijs, Dutch. 1. Renown ; commendation ; fame Beft of fruits, whofe tafte has taugh The tongue, not made for fpeech, to fpeak th Milton praife Lucan, content with praife, may lic at eaf In coftly grottsand marble palaces But to poor Baflus what avails a name 5. To ufe medical methods I never thought I fhould try a ne experiment being little inclined to praftife upon others, an as little that others thould pradZife upon me Temple's Mifcellanies 6. To exercife any profeflion Pra'cTisanT. 2 [ [from To pradife. An agent Here cater'd Pucelle and her grafifants Shake[peare Pra'criser n. [from To practife. 1. One that praltifes any thing that does any thing habitually on We will, in the principles of the politician 2. Glorification laud 3. Ground or reafon of praife Praifeworthy a&ions are by thee embrac'd And 'tis my praife to make thy praifes laft. Dryd 70 Pra1se miftak amon th clergy bu efpeciall younger praétitioners th Savift 2. One who ufes any fly or dangerous arts "There are fome papiftical praéZitioners among you I./g{[(f 3. One who does any thing habitually He muft be firft an exercifed praéiitioner of thefe vices himfelf thorough-pace South PRACO'GNITA. n./. [Latin.] Thing previoufly known in order to underflanding fomething elfe: thus the iftructure of the human body is one of th precognita of phyfick PRAGMA'TICK at._f/‘ [7rpr4"y1,¢a'l' pragmatique, Fr. Meddling; impertinently bufy; affum applaud t t brate cele Will God incenfe his ir For fuch a petty trefpafs, and not praif Milton Rather your dauntlefs virtue We praife not He&or, though his name we kno Is great in arms; tis hard to praife a foe. Dryden 2 To glorify in worfhip The fhepherds returned, glorifying and praifin God for all the things that they had heard an feen Luke, ii. 20 One generation fhall praife thy works to another and declare thy mighty works Pfalm cxlv. 4 touch' The their golden harps, and hymnin prais' God and his works PrRa1USEFUL Laudable Milton [praif adf an commendable No in ufe full. no Of whofe high praife, and praifeful blifs Goodnefs the pen, heaven the paper is Sidfle_y He ordain'd alady for his prife Generally praifeful, fair and young, and fkill'd i houfewiferies Prat'ser. n / Chapman's Iliad [from praife. One wh Sidney Forgive me, if my verfe but fay you ar A Sidney+ but in that extend as fa As loudett praifers Ben Sonfon's Epigrams Turn to God, who knows I think this true And ufeth oft, when fuch a heart miffays To make it good 5 for fuch a praifer prays. Donne adj [praife and awor Commendable deferving praife Praisewo'RTHY thy. Since men have Ieft to do P'flijc'wmyb t}.,'Sper Moft thm}( all praifes flatteries s buttmyth b‘"sz That found, and that authorit with hey As to be rais'd by her is only fame B:‘me lermus, who feized upon Egypt w:s 5;0 praifeworthy, that he encourage trad,e. Arbu‘t)b P ame n. / A flat bottomed bogy i Ba 72 PRANCE. «. 4. [ pronken D , tch ? fet one's felf to fhow. 1 T'o f{pring and bound in h Here's no fantaftick mafk, nor da;gcg,h meti But of our kids that frifk and prance Nor wars are {een Unlefs upon the gree Two harmlefs lambs are butting one the other Wit mu near Watton, ~ fill'd high, the rumbling cart 3;;0; Now rule thy prancing fteeds, lac'd charioteer, Gy, Far be the fpirit of the chace from them @ To fpring the fence, to rein the prancing fteed Thomfon 2. To ride gallantly and oftentationly The horfes hoofs were broken by meanso the prancings, the prancings of their mighty ones udgesy Vo 2 Tdge Th' infulting tyrant prancing o'er the field Strow'd with Rome's citizens, and drench'd i flaughter His horfes hoofs wet with patrician blood, 4difi 3. To move in a warlike or fhowy manner, " W fhould neither have meat to eat, nor manu faéture to clothe us, unlefs we could prance bou Swifi in coats of mail, or eat brafs @. a. [ pronken, Dutch.] T 7o PRANK decorate ; to drefs or adjuft to oftenté " ° ilon Some prank their ruffs, and others timely digh Spenfer Their gay attire In wine and meats fhe flow'd above the bank And in excefs exceeded her own might to prank In fumptuous tire the joy'd herfe Spenfin But of her love too lavith Thefe are tribunes of the people The tongues o' th' common mouth: I defpife them For they do prank them in authorit Againft all noble fufferance Shakefpeart Your high felf u f o v h y lan th o mar The graciou maid lowl poo me an wearin With a fwain' T t Sbak./l'l up ¢rank' k goddefs-l Mof >Tis that miracle and queen of gems That nature pranks, her mind attraéts my foul Shakefpear T had not unlock'd my lip e g j th a t b ai ' o l In this unh Y' l ml 2 n m d j m a c t Wauld thin hl H ga ' o a r i k a p s l r l f Obtrudin PRANK 72 e frolick; a wil i fhg t a ad o e h f m a ludicrous tri word of levity h t m Lay h t o b t e b e b Tell hu:x5 v,id};.niss pranks hav praifes; an applauder ; a commender We men and praifers of men fhould remember that if we have fuch excellencies, it is reafon t think them excelient creatures, of whom we are Either all knowledge does not depend on certai pracognita or general maxims, called principles, o Locke elfe thefe are principles PRAGMA'TICAL w. a. [prijfen, Datch. commend 1. T 2. One who prefcribes medical treatment The author exhorts all gentlemen pra&itioner Arbuth to exercife themfelves-in the tranflatory I do not know a more univerfal and unneceffar gratitude o He hath put a new fong in my mouth, eve praife unto our God Pfalm xl. 3 Milton To God glory and praife Ahow little efficacy they have to advance the praétife South of them to the things they afpire to PracTr'rioNER. 7. /. [from pratice. 1. He who is engaged in the actual exercife of any art tribut For her praifewsriby workmanthip to i:ll I fe To ftarve on compliments and empty fame? Dryd fhe Sweet praéfifer, thy phyfick T will try Shakefp That minifters thine own death if I die I had reafoned myfelf into an opinion, that th ufe of phyficians, unlefs in fome acute difeafe, wa a venture, and that their greateft praézifers praétife Temple leaft upon themfelves celebrity nour If you ther Did praf?ife on my ftate, your being in Egyp Might be my queftion. Shakefpeare's Ant. and Cleop If thou do'ft him any flight difgrace, he wil praftife againtt thee by poifon. Shak. Asyou like i ho he Her blazed fame, which all th'égvil::l:dh Came down to prove the truth, and : iy tion 2. To do; not merely to profefs: as, z pra&tife law or phyfick 3. To ufe in order to habit and dexterity "They fhall practife how to live fecure The Tritonian goddefs havin bufinefs without leave or invita 1. To do habitually in To PrA'CTISE. @. 7 1. To form a habi PR PR PR Such is thy audacious wiql{\';dngfs; otk o t e f d a o ' i f p wd Thy l e i p t o The very infants prati a d r v c b t b t t They caufe ) p z t ( W d f e o f n on, which w g l R o f c a e t e a p the harpies, a , e ' p a s h o c They put on the o c t n nks ‘you have take pr / 7 Pra's fea wee 7o PRATE Akleek as green as a leek r ; . n i |