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Show PR PR of feveral kinds may admit and requir Thing ail whic feveral forts of proofs ma i goo b And' therefore nothing can be mor their kind frrational than for a man to doubt of, or deny th beeaufe it cannot be mad ttuth of any thing of preo kin fuc b out capable is no of fuch a thin progf to expeé either fenfibl fuc a matter or de ot capable o ar in death, th' infernal kni ryden Thofe intervening ideas, which ferve to fhe the agreement of any two others, are called proofs Locke Retire or tafte thy folly, and learn by groof not to contend with fpirits of heav'n Milton Samien This day to Dagon is a folemn feaft Thy firength they know furpafling human race And now fome publick progf thereof requir To honour this great feaft Malton's Agoniftes When the imagination hath contrived the fram of fuch an jnfirument, and conceives that th event muft infallibly anfwer its hopes, yet the Wilkins does it ftrangely deceive in the proof Gave, while he taught, and edify'd the more Becaufe he thew'd, by proof; "twas ealy to be poor Diryden My paper gives a timorous writer an opportunit of putting his abjlities to the proof Addifen Here for ever muft 1 ftay Sad proof how well a lover can obey 3 Fir Pope impenetrability temper th ftate of being wrought and hardened till the expetted firength is found b trial to be attained Add preof unto mine armour with thy prayers And with thy bleflings fteel my lance's point. Sha To me the cries of fighting fields are charms Keen be my fabre, and of proof my arms Dryden 1 atk no other blefling of my ftars See arms of proof both for myfelf and thee Dryden Chufe thou the beft 4. Armour hardene certain trial till it will abide He Bellona's bridegroom, lapt in proof Shakefpeare's Macbeth Confronted him 5. In printing, the rough draught of theet when firft pulled Proor. adj. [This word, though ufed a an adjettive, is only elliptically put fo of proof 1. Impenetrable No put you Un proved ; wanting evidence Some were fo manifeftly weak and prosflefs, tha he muft be a very courteous adverlary, that ca Boyle grant them @w. a. [proppen, Dutch. What we by da Lop overgrown, or prop, or bind Milton One night derides z. To fupport by ftanding under or againft Like thefe, earth unfupported keeps its place trial ; experiment Hell-born proof. [fro adj 1. To fupport by placing fomething under or againft And then for preof fulfill'd their common 2. Teft Proo'FLESS To Pror fuppofing them to be true This, vers' The god of day To make him proof againft the burning ray His temples with celeftial ointment wet. A4ddifon able to refift fhields before your hearts, an figh With hearts more proof than thields. Shake[pearc Opportunity 1 here have ha To try thee, fift thee, and confefs have found the Preof againft all temptation, as a roc Milton's Paradife Regain'd Of adamant He paft expreflion loy'd Dryden Proof to difdain, and not to be remov'd When the mind is thoroughly tinctured, the Collier. man will be proof againft all oppofitions Guiltlefs of hate, and proof againft defire and nothing can admire Dryden When a capuchin, thought proof againit bribes had undertaken to carry on the work, he died Addifon little after That all things weighs Though no fixt bottom props the weighty mafs Creech Eternal fnows the growing mafs fupply Till the bright mountains prop th® incumbent fky Pope As Atlas fix'd each hoary pile appears 3. 'To fuftain ; to fupport The nearer I find myfelf verging to that period whic myfelf upon thofe few fupports that are left me n. f. [progpe, Dutch. Pror And the warm dog-ftax's hotteit rage defics. Addif A fupport a ftay; that on which any thing refts The boy was the very ftaff of my age, my ver Shake[p prop You take my houfe, when you do take the pro That doth fuftain my houfe; you take my life When you do take the means whereby I live. Sba Some plants creep along the ground, or win about other trees or props, and cannot fuppor Bacon themfelves That he might on many props repofe He ftrengths his own, and who his part did take Daniel Again, if by the body's prop we ftand If on the body's life, her life depend As Meleager's on the fatal brand The body's good fhe only would intend Dawies Faireft unfupported flowe Milton From her beft prop fo far The current of his vi€ries found no ftop Till Cromwell came, his party's chicfeft prop Waller *Twas a confiderable time before the great fragments that fell refted in a firm pofture; for th props and ftays, whereby they leaned one upo Burnet another, often failed The props retur Into thy houfe, that bore the burden'd vines. Dry Had it been poflible to find out any real and fir foundation for Arianifm to reft upon, it woul never have been left to ftand upon artificial praops or to fubfift by fubtlety and management. B aterland adj. [from propagate. Pro'pacasLE Such as may be fpread ; fuch as ma be continued by fucceflion Such creatures as are produced each by its peculia fecd conftitut a diftin propagabl for o Boyle creatures 70 PRO'PAGATE w. a. [ propago, Lat. 1. To continue or fprea or fucceflive production by generatio All that I eat, or drink, or fhall beget Milton's Paradife Lof Is propagated curfe ! Is 1t an elder brother's duty f To propagate his family and name You would not have yours die and buried with you Otzvay From hills and dales the cheerful cries rebound For echo hunts along, and propagaics the found Diryden to widen I ‘have upon a high and pleafant hil fortune to be thron'd: the bafe o' th moun Is rank'd with all deferts, all kind of natures That labour on the bofom of this fpher Shakyfpeare's Timona To propagate their fates Feign' 3. To carry on fro plce promote.have thought the ph? Sem by arms not only lawful, but g:gtogf':f"kfi Who are thofe that truth muft I,,f""- Within the confines of my fathar's ({;‘:{E Thof;'who feck truth only, and defies fl? ate nothing elfe, f » freely expofe their pfihflpfii %he teft _ Becaufe denfe bodies conferve theje hm‘kk time . and the denfef bodies conferve fh&ifh; longeft, the vibrations of theit parts are o nature ; and therefore may be propagate folid fibres of uniform denfe matter toga rea tance, for conveying into the brain the in? made upon all the organs of fenfe 4. 'To encreafe; to promote Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my bea Which thou wilt progagate, to have them y;cf} ‘With more of thine Sooth'd with his future fame And pleas'd to hear his propagated name, 5..To generate Superftitious notions hardl ])f/‘bl' 2. It has either 20 or againf? before th power to be refifted {2. Toextend Imagin'd wife Conftant, mature, proof againft all affaults. Milton Deep in the {fnowy Alps, a lamp of ic By froft was harden'd to a mighty price Proofto the fun it now fecurely lies the more { prao is to be labour and forrow PR eve propapated i totally cx‘adicgteg. f % 79 PRO'PAGATE, w. 7. Tohave o&'sprpg No need that tho Should'&t propagate, already infinite, + = And through all numbers abfolute, tholgh an Proraca'TioN. #. /. [ propagatio propagation, French; from propagate Continuance or diffufion by generation i or fucceflive produttion. Men have fouls rather by creation than prpeg tion There are other fecondary ways of the % tion of ity as lying in the famebed There is not in all nature any fpontantou generation, but all come by propagation, Whee chance hath not the leaft part Old fakes of olive trees in plantsrevive But nobler vines by propagation thrive. - Diyd Proraca'ToRr. #. /. [from propagatt 1. One who continues by fuccefivepr duction 2. A f{preader the greateft propagator of morally Socrates an a marty fo famou a promoter fo for the unity of the Godb'dd, this talent that he gained 'h name of the Drole T t L l p r [ a w To ProrE i drive forward fr b t o b t l e t w Avice f e b t o i v o o l e pro } m[ e t e c m h m f i This motio : A 1 a w o i i f v t t weak in refpe u M n t b A i e o p t l {o as not to be a z f o b u w o t m That overplus o , g a o e n p a f v languid to propel f that prodigious velocity n = Z» PROPE' incline !.? an to h 1 e o part; to be dif thing %: {s e o p e h e b My fprightl l f l H e k t In refolutio x e o t m r [ / PROPE 'NDENCY 1. Inclinatio o teadenc any thing z. [Fro propf'dda Preconfideration tion Laéfl a"entlv perpendency o ; ' 3 ‘ 3 a i a t An ,aéll) agov a t o n i tranfient, and a:‘g' propendency of actions l b ] PROPE'NSE. a clined; difpofed good and bad It 1 Womt |