Progenerate
(Pro*gen"er*ate) v. t. [L. progeneratus, p. p. of progenerare to beget; pro forth, forward
+ generare to generate.] To beget; to generate; to produce; to procreate; as, to progenerate a race. [R.]
Landor.
Progeneration
(Pro*gen`er*a"tion) n. [L. progeneratio.] The act of begetting; propagation. [R.]
Progenitor
(Pro*gen"i*tor) n. [OF. progeniteur, L. progenitor, fr. progignere, progenitum, to bring
forth, to beget; pro forth + gignere to beget. See Gender kind.] An ancestor in the direct line; a forefather.
And reverence thee their great progenitor.
Milton. Progenitorship
(Pro*gen"i*tor*ship), n. The state of being a progenitor.
Progenitress
(Pro*gen"i*tress) n. A female progenitor.
Progeniture
(Pro*gen"i*ture) n. [F. progéniture.] A begetting, or birth. [R.]
Progeny
(Prog"e*ny) n. [OE. progenie, F. progénie, fr. L. progenies, fr. progignere. See Progenitor.]
Descendants of the human kind, or offspring of other animals; children; offspring; race, lineage. " Issued
from the progeny of kings." Shak.
Proglottid
(Pro*glot"tid) n. (Zoöl) Proglottis.
Proglottis
(||Pro*glot"tis) n.; pl. Proglottides [NL. fr. Gr. the tip of the tongue; forward + the tongue.]
(Zoöl) One of the free, or nearly free, segments of a tapeworm. It contains both male and female reproductive
organs, and is capable of a brief independent existence.
Prognathi
(||Prog"na*thi) n. pl. [NL. See Prognathous.] (Zoöl) A comprehensive group of mankind,
including those that have prognathous jaws.
Prognathic
(Prog*nath"ic), a. (Anat.) Prognathous.
Prognathism
(Prog"na*thism) n. (Anat.) Projection of the jaws. — Prog"na*thy n.
Prognathous
(Prog"na*thous) a. [Gr. before + the jaw] (Anat.) Having the jaws projecting beyond the
upper part of the face; — opposed to orthognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic.
Their countenances had the true prognathous character.
Kane.
Progne
(Prog"ne) n. [L., a swallow, traditionally said to be fr. Progne who was changed into a swallow,
Gr. .] (Zoöl.) (a) A swallow. (b) A genus of swallows including the purple martin. See Martin. (c)
An American butterfly It is orange and black above, grayish beneath, with an L-shaped silver mark on
the hind wings. Called also gray comma.
Prognosis
(Prog*no"sis) n. [L., fr. Gr. fr. to know beforehand; before + to know. See Know.] (Med.)
The act or art of foretelling the course and termination of a disease; also, the outlook afforded by this act
of judgment; as, the prognosis of hydrophobia is bad.
Prognostic
(Prog*nos"tic) a. [Gr. . See Prognosis.] Indicating something future by signs or symptoms; foreshowing; aiding
in prognosis; as, the prognostic symptoms of a disease; prognostic signs.
Prognostic
(Prog*nos"tic), n. [L. prognosticum, Gr. : cf. F. pronostic, prognostic. See Prognostic,
a.]
