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Show PR PR dr fummers are goo to be known Whethe Rife on th I coul beautics o could neve Bacon How foon hath thy prediétion, feer bleft the fun, predominant in heav'n earth j or carth rife on the fun. Milton fhew you feveral pieces, where th this kind ate fo gredominant, that yo be able to read or underftand them Sawift Meafur'd this tranfient world the race of time Till time ftand fix'd Miltor's Paradife Loff In Chrift they all meet with an invincibl evidence, as if they were not predictions, but afterrelations; and the penmen of them not prophet but evangelifts South 7o PREDO'MINATE French Than his prediétion prove a lie. Swift's Mifcellanies Fore teller B Savift » or hafty digeftion, fills the body ful of crudi ties and feeds of difeafes Bacon's Effays Zo PREDISPO'sE. w. a. [ pre and difpofe. To adapt previoufly to any certain purof Vegetabl to predifpofe productions require heat of the fun and excite the carth and the feeds Burnet Unlefs nature be predifpofed to friendfhip by it cwn propenfity, no arts of obligation fhall be abl to abate the fecret hatreds of fome perfons toward others South Z PreEpo MINANCE. U /. [ pre and domina Prepo'mMinancy. Lat.] Prevalence fuperiority; afcendency ; fuperior influence We mak guilty of our difafters, th fun, th moon, and the ftars, as if we were knaves, thieves and treacherous by fpherical predominance. Shak An inflammation confifts only of a fanguineou anf lyguxion , o elfe is denominable from other humours according to the predominancy of melancholy phlegm, or choler In human bodies amongft the humour Browon there is an inceffant warfar for predominancy Heaquel The true caufe of the Pharifees difbe ie of Chri t' dotrine, was the ; reac ce of their covetoufnef and ambition over their will South Th ral rays in white light do retain thei colorific qualities, by which thofe of any fort whenever they become more copious than the reft do, by their excefs and preduminamee, caufe thei proper colour to appear Newton PrepO'MINANT. adj. [predominant, Fr prez and dominor, Latin. Prevalent fuprem Miferabl the weight in influence; afcendent were the condition of that church affairs whereof fhould be ordered b thofe deliberations, wherei this were preduminant fuc an humour a Hovker Foul fubornation is predominant And equity exil'd your highnefs' land., Shakefpeare It is a planet, that will ftrik Where 'tis predominant5 and "tis powerful, Shakefp Thofe helps were overweighed by things tha mad 2ga n him an were predominam in the >'s mind Bacgn M preeminenc of chriftianit t an othe lofophers difclaimed many of thofe fuperftitiou follies which are condemned by revealed religion Addifon 2 Precedence; priority of place His lance brought him captives to the triumph o Artefia's beauty, fuch as, though Artefia be amongf the faireft, yet in that company were to have th precminence Sidney He toucheth it as a fpecial preeminence of Junia and Andronicus, that in chriftianity they were hi ancients Hooker I do inveft you jointly with my power Preeminence, and all the large effet That troop with majefty. Shakefpeare's King Lear The Englith defired no preeminence, but offere equality both in liberty and privilege, and in capacity of offices and employments Hayward Am I diftinguifh'd from you but by toils Superior toils, and heavier weight of cares Painful preeminence Addifon's Cato 3. Superiority of power or influence That which ftandeth on record, hath preeminence above that which paffeth from hand to hand and hath no pens but the tongues, no book but th ears of men Hocker Beyond the equator, the Southern point of th needle is fovereign, and the North fubmits his pre eminence PrREE'MINENT pre an others Brown adj [ presminent, French eminent. Excellen abov Tell how came I here ? by fome great make In goodnefs and in power preeminent Milton We claim a proper intereft above others, in th preeminent rights of the houfehold of faith. Spratt Pree'MPTION. 2./. [ precemptio, Latin. The right of purchafing before another Certai VI an preemprion perfons in the reigns of king Edwar queen Mary but fought to mak croffe i th ufe of thi profecution o preengagements t othe themes unknown to thofe for who I was to write, anlO The opinions, fuited to their refpective t m] will make way to their affent, i fpite of accidmni p,"emg Me the 7 gfmcm: ar ap t Gl'flfl'lliII{ think that thofe obedience to God thall, like a preengageme t dif ofPiy D g b i t after-contratts mad as opportunity and former preengagme leave Colljer afFri:'m{'/bgo pa annul al As fa will giv PrREEN drefs o thers o throug furnifhe T religious fcheme which preceded it, appears fro this, that the moft eminent among the Pagan phi Bacon Wifeman PREENGA'GEMENT, 2. /. [from pryg goge. Precedent obligation life only; to have life, fenfe have only life and fenfe than t Wilkins ofe diretion it obeys Rogergs ¥Seyrm 7 and reafon "y Bu't preengag'd without my o n confent Diyder J.h; world has the unha py advantage o engaging our paffions at a time whep we hay, reflection enough to Joo beyond the ini}r"" to the hand w end of poetry; pleafure, though, but the fecon in degree, is the firft in favour Dryden It is a greater prebeminence to have life, than t be without it; to have life and fenfe, than to hav Th Tunes and airs have in themfelves fome affinit with the affetions; fo as it is no marvel if the alter the fpirits, confidering that tunes have of the body and eled. Let profit have the preeminence of honour in th Bacon External accidents are often the occafional cauf of the king's evil; but they fuppofe a predifpofitio a. [pr fes o Not only made an in(‘trumen nate over the reft, fo much as to caufe a heap o fuch particles to appear very intenfely of their colour Neawton's Opticks Where judgment is at a lofs to determine th choice of a lady who has feveral lovers, fancy ma the more allowably predominate Clariffa w L preceden was preengag'd by forme ‘:':cs}.le mozfl Addifon PrEELE'CT b L To Cipfeus by) his friends hi f i But h Y plead for the preeminence of epick poetry. Dryd The difeafe was conceived to proceed from malignity in the conftitution of the air, gathere predifpifition to the motion of the {pirits Daniel of thef animals accordin in thei contrafts T To chufe by previous decifion PrREE'MiNENCE. 2. f. [ preeminence, Fr pre and eminence. It is fometimes written, to avoid the jun&ion of ee, prebeminence. 1. Superiority of excellence Prepisrosi'tion. . /. [pre and dif 2ofition. Previous adaptation to an certain purpofe by the predifpofitions of feafons ‘T'he rays, refleéted leaft obliquely, may predemi Prepice'sTion. 7. /. [pre and dige/tion. Digeftion too foon performed Lr Lat. conftitutions Whether he has not been the caufe of this poo man's death, as well as the predicor, may be difputed dominor 70 PREENGA'GE. . 4, [ g qa® 11/ gage.] To engag [ predominer So much did love t her executed lor FPredominate in this fair lady's heart The gods formed women's fouls ou principles which compofe feveral kinds o and their good or bad difpofition arifes as fuch and fuch principles predominat Approves the judgment to the reit He'd rather choofe that I thould die #. /. [from predié. an n defeated in their expe &atiofi, gav i prevail ; to be afcendent; to be fuprem in influence He, who prophefy'd the beft Prepr'cror pr @. a [priiner, ' Dutc - o y prank up.] To trim the fez. birds, to enable them to glide the air: for this ufe natase has them with two peculiar glands, i which fecrete an un&uous matter jng ‘,"'"," a perforated oil bag, out of which the f‘ bird draws it with its bill Baily, = PREESTA'BLISH. . a. [pre and o= eftablifh.] To fettle beforehand PrEEsTA'BLISHMENT, 2. /. [from fre. effablifb. Settlement beforehand PrEEX1'ST. w. a. [pre and exifs, Lat. To exift beforehand If thy preexifting fou Was form'd at firft with myriads more It did through all the mighty poets roll. - Dryder PREEXI'STENCE from preexif?. . /. [ preexiftence, Bt 1. Exiftence before Wifdom declares her antiquity and preeiffencet d Bur.mb all the works of this earth z. Exiftenc of the foul before its unio with the body As Simonides has expofed the vicious patof fro women ancien th o th of [th'flxmflfff; fom doérin philofophers have fatirized th vicious part of the human fpecies, from a notion of the foul's poftexiftence Addifm PREEXISTENT. adj. [ precxiflent, French pre and exiffent.] Exiftent beforehand; preceding .in exiftence Artificial things could not be from eternityy be caufe they (Llppf)fe man, by whofe art they zfle made, preexiffent to them ; the Workman m before the work Burvag Blind to former as to future fat;: Wae mertal2 know ows hishi preexiffe xiffent ftate! iblo wihp ‘Wha If this preexiftent eternity is not comp duration a fucceffiv infinitel hav ha the fom being above our finite comprehenfions a identical lr'xvan.abl C cor;)t;:":; from all eternity, which being is no o Bentity Go S PRE'FACE. . /: [ proface, French; Something fpoken i fatio, Latin. 1n ; g f d i m t t o u o t duio ; fonxetlxingfipr?eTlalThis fuperfici tal Is but a preface to her worthy pri{lffl- sl"";fix Sir ‘Thomas More betrayed his depth ‘L.L ment in ftate affairs in his Utopid, thba:}o:{c llcr Pedr'bfli‘ the opinion of Budzns in a prefac age hath not feen a thing more deep-ed "Thefe predi&ion Are to the world in general, as to Cafar, Shakefp The pred.étions of cold and long winters, hot an PRE Heav'n's high beheft no preface necds |