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Show nature hath conferre with them on. hi body ‘in commo Ray on the Creation PrRERO'GATIVED. adj. [frum prerogativve. Having an exclufive privilege; havin prerogative *Tis the plague of great ones Prerogativ'd are they lefs than the bafe >Tis deftiny unfhunable Shakefpeare One of the more rigid prefbyterians PrESA'GE. @w. a. [prefager, French prefagio, Latin. 1. To forbode; to foreknow; to foretell to prophefy: it feems properly ufed o internal prefenfion of befor Pre'science. n. /[, [ prefcience, Fr. fro prefcient.] Foreknowledge ; knowledg of future things They tax our policy, and call it coward But that of hand. Shakefpeare's Troilus and Creffida Prefcience or foreknowledge, confidered in orde and nature, if we may fpeak of God after th manner of men, goeth before providence ;- for Go foreknew all things before he had created them, o before they had being to be cared for; and preJeience is no other than an infaliible forcknowledge Raleigh God's prefcience the thin contradi¢tion, it feems it may be ftruck out of th omnifciency of God, and leave no blemifh behind More Of things of the moft accidenta nature, God's prefcience is certain 3. To foretoken ; to forethow PRE'SCIENT I have fpent much enquiry, whether he had an ominous prefagement before his end Wotton Henry PRE'SBYTER #. / [prefbyter Latin Vrgsc'f:?:,'rs‘ @ Dryden th concernin th marriage of his eldeft daughter into Scotland ha event Bacon Prefbyters abfent through infirmity from thei churches, might be faid to preach by thofe deputie who in their ftead did but read homilies. Hooker ‘They cannot delegate the epifcopal power, properly fo called, to prefbyters, without giving the Lefley epifcopal confecration 2. A prefbyterian And prefbyters have their jackpuddings too. Butl PrESBYTERIAL. | adj [ wecoPures®-.. PressyTE'RIAN. Confiftingofelders aterm for a modern form of ecclefiaftical government Chiefly was urged the abolition of epifcopal, an the efkablithing of prefbyterian government King Charles Who fhould exclude him from an intereft, an fo unhappily a more unavoidable fway in grefby Holyday reward may for on which nobod faculties of the foul 70 PRESCRI'BE wh Lat. aét, abftr know fro Y0 PrESCRI'BE. @. 7 1. To influence by long cuftom from {chool, where being feafoned with minor fen tences, they prefcribe upon our riper years, an never are worn out but with our memories, Brogp 2. To influence arbitrarily; to give law The 2Tuming an authority of dictating to others and a forwardnefs to prefcribe to their opinions, i a conftant concomitant of this bias of our judgLocke ments 3. [Prefcrire, French.] To foarcu mto which has the force of law That obligation upon the lands did not pre Sferibe or come into difufe, but by fifty confecutiv Arbuthnat years of exemption 4. To write medical diretions and form of medicine Modern 'pothecaries, taught the ar By doétors' bills to play the doétor's part Bold in the practice of miftaken rules Cheyne v. a. [ prefcribo Lat. judg as the unlawful plainl _confcfs bot_h_ matter of prefeript attire, and of rites appertalnin H"."k" to burial 2. [praferiptum, La'nn. iltan #. f. [prtffijlj'_"""i‘ r] preferiptio, Latin; from pm'/:rzéo, at 1. Rules produced and authorifed by ]"g na 1 til co ti ue cu to cufto the force of law You tell a pedigre the prefcinden can deny to dirett Doth the flrength of fome negative argument prove this kind of negative argument ftropg, b force whereof all thi e denied, which feripture affirmeth not, or ail things, which feriptur b not, condemned ftands his own art beft ;, and Lhcregore, altl}lxr;ig} ke fhould preferibe p(_)ifon to all his patients, h cannot be juftly punifhed, but is anfiverable onl to God Swift PrEscRI'PTION 1. To fet down authoritatively; to order pref that a phyficia unto any prefcript [ prefcindens, Lat. fingl argue 2. Medical order Nor did he ever with fo much regret F'Z' Norris W Should any ma Dryde Of cedar, overlaid with gold Dryden's Aneis PrEsci''ND. @w. a. [prefcindo To cut off/; to abftraét adj Prefcribing fuch intolerable pain As none but Ceafar could fuftain By his prefcript, a fan€tuary is fram Thrice happy thou, dear partner of my bed ‘Whofe holy foul the ftroke of fortune fled Prefcious of ills, and leaving me behind PrEscI'NDENT Abftra&ing The extremeft ways they firft ordain Milton feems to accent the lafi ing foreknowledge 7 he preferibes harfh reme ies 1. Direction; precept; model prefcribed [ prafcius, Lat. ] Hav whe Pre‘scrIPT Who taught the nations of the field and wood Prefcient, the tides or tempefts to withftand ? Pope To drink the dregs of life ent Thofe very laws fo added, they themfelves do nf) deliberatio PI{.E/SCIOUS. adj The end of fatire is thee amendm nt ofof correction ; and he who writes oneftly is ;,:esmb an enemy to the off nder, than the phyfician the pat precept Latin. A Dbare act of obliquity does not only prefcin from, but peiitively deny fuch a fpecial dependence 1. A prieft terial determinations upo PrE'scripT. adj. [preferipms, Latin Direéted; accurately laid down In thewed himfelf fenfible and almoft prefcient of thi is an authentick prefagemen of ill luck, from whence notwithftanding nothin can be naturally feared Brown [ prefciens To dire& medically Prefcribe, apply, and call their mafters fools.l"opz Foreknowing; prophetick 2. Foretoken The falling of fal adj mutabl South race And prefcience only held the fecond place #. /. [from prefage. prefenfion an Freedom was firft beftow'd on huma A greater ftorm than all the Turkith powe Can throw upon us Denbam's Sophy When others fell, this ftanding did prefag The crown fhou'd triumph over pop'lar rage. Waller Forebodement bu If certain prefeience of uncertain events imply The moon to mark the changes of the (ky. Dryden 1 bein the feeing every thing that ever exifts as it is, contingents as contingents, neceffary as neceflary, ca neither work any change in the obje&, by thu feeing it, nor itfelf be deceived in what it fees Hammond Thatby certain figns we may prefag Of heats and rains, and wind's impetuous rage ‘The fovereign of the heav'ns has fet on hig PrEsA''GEMENT from all eternity A referve of puerility we have not fhaken of Foreftall our prefcience, and efteem no aé Dryden IfI may truft the flattering ruth of fleep My dreams prefage fome joyful news at hand. Shak Dreams advife fome great good prefaging. Milton That cloud, that hangs upon thy brow, prefage though ftood for the prefbytery Of clerks and elders ana, like the rud Clhaos of prefbyt'ry, where laymen guid With the tame woolpack clergy by their fide Cleaveland Could a feeble prefbytery, though perchance fwelling enough, correct a wealthy, a potent offender Holyday How fuch united force of gods, how fuc As ftood like thefe, could ever know repulfe? Ailz This contagion might have been prefaged upo confideration of its precurfors. Harwey on Confump Wifh'd freedom I prefage you foon will find wit whic their caufe had more fympathy with the difciplin of Scoftand than the hierarchy of England. Bacon Flga-bitten fyned, an affembly brew' Forefeeing, or prefaging from the dept Of knowledge paft or prefenty could have fear' palt 2 Thof What pow'r of min 2. Sometime foretold whiBcyh a lxfe.horont tahcecoumnatgiftofratet,he prI efhfal|i]ng notoblf?owgf"imflnh ;vrg)c'c;';bc diretions for he future, as praife whma‘:cil Sawift men Henry's late prefaging prophef Did glad my heart with hope. Shake/p. Henry VI If heav''n be juft, and if to virtue kind Let frreams prefcribe the r fountain where t0 ru 2. /. [from prefbyter. Pre'ssyTERY Body of elders, whether priefts or lay Milton Dreams have generally been confidered by author only as revelations of what has already happened or as prefages of what is to happen Addifon When parents loyes are orderd by,'&jfou,' 1 An abettor of prefbytery or calviniftica difcipline ufual in after times to drop the letter in like cafes Gibjorn's Camden PRESA'GE. . /. [ prefage, French; preJagium, Lat.] Prognoltick ; prefenfio of futurity Joy and thout prefage of victory 2. /. [from preflyter. PrEsBYTE R1AN PrEes. Pres, preft, {eem to be derived fro the Saxon, pneorz, a prieft; it bein PRE PR PR Hogker To the blanc moon her office they preferib'd Milton There's joy, when to wild will you laws prefcribe When you bid fortune carry back her bribes Dryd Of threefcore and two years, a fillY,nme b Shab To make prefcription for a kingdomk S_Wogg, Ufe fuch as have prevailed before i "}igds Zc E;: p‘f that l}zr .ed fo th ave employe r prefeription inta A C‘BIZ[M.S Efiy and they will ftrive to maintai no fmall difficult 107 whe hea t Sauth to difpoffefs a vice from th[at_ criptio pre i on begoin cri ins to plead ad pre o s poflefi It will be found a work o Ou t a g i t p h u d poet b i ; f ; l a y i r i c @ v A To whol:n by lon r I o t i e e p The Lucquefe plea u e l a t s f r f <t).ne of the duke' 1€1'S 2. Medical receipt ; ' fl f [ . ; z p m f My father lgf an a c f ' o p Of rare an |