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Show P They draw the retina nearer to the cryftallin Ev'ry flowe Did as a prephet weep what it forefaw In Hettor'swrath. = Shakefp. Troilus and Creffida Shakefps King Lear Jefters oft prove prophets O prophet of glad tidings ! finifhe Milton Of utmoft hope He lov'd fo faft Too trae a prophet to forefee the fate That fhould fo foon divide their happy fate. Dryd God, when he makes the propher, does no unmake the man Locke 2. One of the facred writers empowere by God to difplay futarity His champions are the prophets and apoftles Shak V,‘]zmrr he fait an religio upo th facted and canonical fcriptures of the holy propbet and apoftles, as upon her main and prime foundation Wihite Pro'eHETESS. n. [ [ propheteffe, French from prophet.] A woman that forctell future events H fhall fplit'thy very heart' with forrow And fay poor Marg'ret was a prophetefs. . Shake[p That it is confanant to the word of God, fo i dinging to anfwer, the praétice of Miriam the prophetéfs, when fhe anfwered the men in her fong ~will approve Peacham 1f.my love but once were crown'd Fair prophetefs, my grief would ceafe Prior ProruE"TICK % adj. [ prophetique, Fr Prorue'rrcact from prophet. 1. Forefeeing or foretelling future events Say wh Upon this blafted heath you ftop our way With fuch prophetick greeting ? Shakefp. Macbeth ‘The counfel ofa wife and then prophetical frien was forgotten Wotton Some perfumes procure prophetical dreams. Bac Till old experience do attai To fomething like prophetick ftrain Some ‘famous prophetic fate of England by a mole bufy, fmooth and deceitful under ground, but now an Milton pi€tures reprefent th a creature blind an continually workin then to be difcerned}i Stillingg fleet the furface No arguments made a ftronger impreflion o thefe Pagan converts, than the predictions relatin to our Saviour in thofe ol gropherick writings de pofited among the hands of the greatgft enemie to chriftianity, and owned by them to have bee extant many ages before Lis appearance .Addifon 2. It has of before the thing foretold The more I know, the more my fears augment And fears are oft proghetick of th' event Dryden Propue'rscaLLy adv tical. With knowledg in manner of a prophecy [fro prophe of futurity articles, and part of it zrophetically true then, an tulfilled afterward, was a moft effectual argumen to give authority to this faith Hammend She figh'd, and thus prophetically fpoke. Dryder w. n. [ prophetifer, Fr 'To give prediftions Nature elfe hath conferenc With profound fleep, and fo doth warning fen Ey};fc‘,{»llt‘/iv:f)r‘g dreams Proruyra'cTick from mpopurdcen. fervative Daniel' Civil War adi [reeporadhixs: Preventive; pre Medicine buted into prophylaciick, or th ‘art of preferving health; and therapeutick, or th «ct of reftoring health Watts FrorU'NQUITY. 2.[ [ propinguitas, Lat. 1. Nearnefs; proximity an by their relaxation fuffer it to retur to its natural diftance according to the exigency o the object, in refpect of diftance or propinguity. Ray 2. Nearnefs of time "Thereby was declared the propinguity of their dean tha their tranquillit wa neighbourhood. of n longer duration, than thofe foon decaying fruits o fummer Brown 3. Kindred ; nearnefs of blood ProPI"TIABLE. adj: [from propitiate. Such as may be induced to favour; fuc as may be made propitious 70 PROPI'TIATE. @. a. [ propitie, Lat. To induce to favour; to gain; tocon ciliate; to make propitious declar of huma life to b managed by certain fpirits under him, whom they endeavour to propitiate by certain rites. Stilling flect Vengeance fhall purfue the inhuman coaft Till they propitiate thy offended ghoft Dryden Let fierce Achilles, dreadful in his rage The god propitiate, and the peft affuage Pope Prorirra'rionN. #n./. [propiciation from propitiate. 1. The att of making propitious Fr He is the propitiation for the fins of the whel world 1 Fobn ProriTIA'TOR. 7. f. [from propitiare. One that propitiates Prori'TiaTory. adj. [propiciatoire, Fr from progitiate. Having the power t make propitious Is not this more than giving God thanks for thci whe their honour a propitiator facrifice is offered fo Favourable Dryden Pope's Rape of the Lock Prori'riousuy. adv. [from propitious Favourably; kindly a mufe /);‘opi/ic:{/l_y invites Improve her favours and'indulge her flights. Rsfc Prori'riousxess. z. /. [from propitious. Favourablenefs; kindnefs All thefe joined with the gropitionfnefs of climat to that fort of tree and the length of age it fhal ftand and grow, may produce an oak Temple Prorra'sm a. [':; an W?\xqu.a. Mould; matrix Thofe fhells ferving as proplafns or moulds t the matrer which fo filied them, limited and determined its dimenfions and figure Woodwvard PROPLA'S' 1CE fl_ ,?',7,:}\:25";(1'\. Th art of making moulds for cafting Proro'NENT. 2. /. [from proponens, Lat. One that makes a propofal, or lay down a pofition for thofe whom it fm nor capable of a greater multitude Ral'b By proportion to thefe rules, we may jug 2!0 the obligation that lies upon all forts o in'ugy perfons ‘JI' Z:' Things nigh equivalent and neighb'ring Vah?g By lotare parted ; but high heav'n thy fhare In equal balance weigh'd *gaint earth and hc Flings up the adverfe fcale, and fhung proportion Pri relatio i of comparative quar Greater vifible good does not always raife men defires, in proportion to the greatnefs it s ackngy ledged to have, though every little troubl fets y on work to get rid of it Lo He muft be little fkilled in the world, why thinks that men's talking much or little fhall hol proportion only to their knowledge Severa nation i are recovered out of their jgna rance, in proportion as they converfe more orlel with thofe of the reformed churches A In proportion as this refolution grew, the before us feemed to vanifh Tthr His volant touc Inftinét through all proportions, low and high Fled, and purfu'd tranfverfe the refonant fugue - Mil other Meafure is that which perfecteth all thing caufe every thing is for fome end; neithercant thing be available to any end, which s not poand to. propertio thereunto portionabl exceffes as defects, are oppofite It muft be mutual in proportion du Giv'n and'receiv'd i kind To thy friend's vows Addifor's Cato Ere Pheebus rofe, he had implor' So whe narro of Farnefe unwilling to deftroy Propitious heav'n to No man of the prefent age is equal in the frengh proportion and knitting of his limbs, to theHerculu T afiuage the force of this new flame And make thee more propitious in my need I mean to fing the praifes of thy name. Spenfer Let not my words offend thee My Maker, be propitions while I fpeak Milton Indulgent god ! propitious pow'r to Troy Swift to relieve i wh;.zt proportion is requifite to the peapl Stilling flect Prori'tious. adj. [ propitius, Latin; propice, French. 3. Harmonick degree 2. The atonement; the offering by whic propitioufnefs is obtained virtues Afirand tity; equal degree Rich orient pearl, bright ftones that ne'er decay Or polifh'd lines which longer laft than they Waller believe the affair 2. Settle What off'rings may propitiate the fair The i o o Let any man's wifdom determin ho foms the territory, and increafing the nu:;erb&m‘. neithe And as a ftranger to my heart and m Shakefpeare's King Lear Hold thee her prieft o L Ffu a region in fuch a manner, that the )mp‘ha%rof. and property of blood You p . [prflldfkagp Lat.] Ao, PROPO'RTION, 7, / ants Here I difciaim all my paternal care Propinguity For myferious things of faith re On the proponent, heaven's athotity praportia Would but thy fifter Marcia be propitiou He is fo prophketically proud of an heroica cudgelling, that he raves in faying nothing. Shat This great fuccefs among Jews and Gentiles part of it hiftorically true at the compiling of thef 7o PRO'PHETIZE from prophet. Net in ufe humour folations As if he fear'd each day wou'd beher laft It buildet "PR D'JJ" ?0obf:cr.ved,'thz wel f ar proportion Th thing appears to an advantage, o diftinguifhesi A above the reft Harmony, with ev'ry grace,_MmCm Plays in the fair proportions of her face frze . Form d ', i r p r . fu d ' i c r g i t Al el 1e ar e t e e w v h g i t As tho So little glafles little faces R make v' And narrow webs on narrow frames are WDM |proportitmie To PR Fren 1. To adjuft i i i f Till body up t Protortion'd to each kind fl ' p h t n d In the lofs of a t t b i grief to the rea fancies fet upon it 2. To fo Nature had t e : t b quickly to be dif i u t t n t Cupid delights in Pr tion. th adj [frgg‘vefirfi;' by compa Adjufte t f i a tion s fu fl ‘ i w n a His, co nable to tionab he offers us an afiiftance prepe culty lt) was enlivene 4 an |
