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P — Punch to Pyx (Part 9 of 15)

    3. Bud, sprout, germinate, vegetate, grow, burst out, put forth, shoot forth.

Push, n.

    1. Thrust, foin.
    2. Trial, test, exigence, exigency, extremity, emergency, pinch, strait.
    3. Onset, attack, assault, charge, strong effort.

Push on. Advance, hasten forward.

Pusillanimity, n. Cowardice, cowardliness, timidity, poltroonery, recreancy, dastardliness, meanspiritedness, pusillanimousness, effeminacy, faintheartedness, fear.

Pusillanimous, a. Cowardly, timorous, timid, feeble, recreant, dastardly, effeminate, spiritless, weak, mean-spirited, little-souled, faint-hearted.

Pustule, n. Ulcer, fester, imposthume, gathering, pimple, blotch, blain, sore, abscess, aposteme.

Put, v. a.

    1. Place, set, lay, deposit, bring.
    2. Impose, enjoin, levy, inflict.
    3. Propose, offer, state, present, bring forward.
    4. Oblige, compel, force, constrain, push to action.
    5. Incite, urge, entice, induce.
    6. Express, utter, state in language.

Put, v. n. Steer.

Put, Putt, n. Rustic, clown, boor, simpleton, oddity, simple fellow.

Put about. (Naut.) Tack, turn, change the course.

Putative, a. Reputed, supposed, commonly esteemed, deemed, reckoned, reported.

Put away.

    1. Lay away, set aside, put aside.