The analogy of the English language requires that the noun and verb which are pronounced alike should
agree in spelling. Thus we have notice noticed, noticing, noticer; poultice (n. & v.); apprentice (n.
& v.); office officer (n.); lattice latticed (a.); benefice beneficed etc. Cf. sacrifice surmise ( n. & v.),
promise ( n. & v.); compromise ( n. & v.), etc. Contrast advice and advise ; device and devise etc.
Practisour
(Prac"ti*sour) n. A practitioner. [Obs.]
Practitioner
(Prac*ti"tion*er) n. [From Practician.]
1. One who is engaged in the actual use or exercise of any art or profession, particularly that of law or
medicine. Crabbe.
2. One who does anything customarily or habitually.
3. A sly or artful person. Whitgift.
General practitioner.
See under General, 2.
Practive
(Prac"tive) a. Doing; active. [Obs.] Sylvester. — Prac"tive*ly, adv. [Obs.]
The preacher and the people both,
Then practively did thrive.
Warner. Prad
(Prad) n. [Cf. D. paard.] A horse. [Colloq. Eng.]
Præ-
(Præ-) A prefix. See Pre-.
Præcava
(||Præ"ca`va) n. [NL. See Pre-, and 1st Cave.] (Anat.) The superior vena cava. — Præ"ca`val a.
B. G. Wilder.
Præcipe
(Præc"i*pe) n. [L., imperative of praecipere to give rules or precepts. See Precept.] (Law) (a) A
writ commanding something to be done, or requiring a reason for neglecting it. (b) A paper containing
the particulars of a writ, lodged in the office out of which the writ is to be issued. Wharton.
Præcoces
(||Præ"co*ces) n. pl. [NL. See Precocious.] (Zoöl.) A division of birds including those whose
young are able to run about when first hatched.
Præcocial
(Præ*co"cial) a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Præcoces.
Præcognita
(||Præ*cog"ni*ta) n. pl. [L. praecognitus, p. p. of praecognoscere to foreknow. See Pre-,
and Cognition.] This previously known, or which should be known in order to understand something
else.
Præcommissure
(Præ*com"mis*sure) n. [Pref. præ + commissure.] (Anat.) A transverse commissure in
the anterior part of the third ventricle of the brain; the anterior cerebral commissure.
Præcoracoid
(Præ*cor"a*coid) n. (Anat.) See Precoracoid.
Præcordia
(||Præ*cor"di*a) n. [L., fr. prae before + cor, cordis, the heart.] (Anat.) The front part of the
thoracic region; the epigastrium.
Præcordial
(Præ*cor"di*al) a. (Anat.) Same as Precordial.
Præcornu
(||Præ*cor"nu) n.; pl. Præcornua [NL. See Pre-, and Cornu.] (Anat.) The anterior horn of each
lateral ventricle of the brain. B. G. Wilder.
Prædial
(Præ"di*al) a. See Predial.