Chapter Proller to Prompt of P by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Solar prominences

. (Astron.) See Solar Protuberances, under Protuberance.

Prominent
(Prom"i*nent) a. [L. prominens, -entis, p. pr. of prominere to jut out, to project; pro before, forward + minere (in comp.) to jut, project: cf. F. prominent. See Imminent, Eminent.]

1. Standing out, or projecting, beyond the line surface of something; jutting; protuberant; in high relief; as, a prominent figure on a vase.

2. Hence; Distinctly manifest; likely to attract attention from its size or position; conspicuous; as, a prominent feature of the face; a prominent building.

3. Eminent; distinguished above others; as, a prominent character.

Prominent' moth (Zoöl.), any moth of the family Notodontidæ; a notodontian; — so called because the larva has a hump or prominence on its back. Several of the species are injurious to fruit trees.

Prominently
(Prom"i*nent*ly), adv. In a prominent manner.

Promiscuity
(Pro`mis*cu"i*ty) n. Promiscuousness; confusion. H. Spencer.

Promiscuous
(Pro*mis"cu*ous) a. [L. promiscuus; pro before, in place of, for + miscere to mix. See Mix. ]

1. Consisting of individuals united in a body or mass without order; mingled; confused; undistinguished; as, a promiscuous crowd or mass.

A wild, where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot.

Pope.

2. Distributed or applied without order or discrimination; not restricted to an individual; common; indiscriminate; as, promiscuous love or intercourse.

Promiscuously
(Pro*mis"cu*ous*ly), adv. In a promiscuous manner.

Promiscuousness
(Pro*mis"cu*ous*ness), n. The quality or state of being promiscuous.

Promise
(Prom"ise) a. [F. promesse, L. promissum, fr. promittere, promissum, to put forth, foretell, promise; pro forward, for + mittere to send. See Mission. ]

1. In general, a declaration, written or verbal, made by one person to another, which binds the person who makes it to do, or to forbear to do, a specified act; a declaration which gives to the person to whom it is made a right to expect or to claim the performance or forbearance of a specified act.

For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

Gal. iii. 18.

2. (Law) An engagement by one person to another, either in words or in writing, but properly not under seal, for the performance or nonperformance of some particular thing. The word promise is used to denote the mere engagement of a person, without regard to the consideration for it, or the corresponding duty of the party to whom it is made. Chitty. Parsons. Burrill.

3. That which causes hope, expectation, or assurance; especially, that which affords expectation of future distinction; as, a youth of great promise. Shak.

My native country was full of youthful promise.

W. Irving.