Prostrate, a.
- 1. Prostrated, prone, stretched out, flat, fallen.
- 2. (Bot.) Procumbent.
Prostrate, v.a.
- 1. Overthrow, overturn, level, fell, demolish, destroy, ruin, throw down, lay flat.
- 2. Exhaust, reduce, overcome, depress, bringlow.
Prostration, n.
- 1. Overthrow, destruction, demolition.
- 2. Exhaustion, depression, dejection.
Prosy, a.
- 1. Prosaic, unpoetical.
- 2. Dull, flat, stupid, uninteresting, unentertaining, tiresome, tedious.
Protean, a. Changeable, variable.
Protect, v. a. Defend (by a covering), guard, cover, shield, fortify, screen, shelter, house, preserve, secure, save, harbor, countenance, patronize, foster.
Protection, n.
- 1. Shelter, defence, security, safety, refuge, guard, preservation.
- 2. Shield, ægis, buckler, palladium, bulwark, safeguard.
- 3. Passport, safeguard.
Protective, a. Defensive, sheltering, affording protection.
Protector, n. Guardian, defender.
Pro tempore. [L.] For the time, for the time being, for the present occasion, temporary.
Protest, v. n. Declare (solemnly), aver, affirm, assert, asseverate, avow, profess, attest, testify.
Protest, v. a. Declare (solemnly), assert, affirm, asseverate.