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364 GLOSSARY, 
Practise, v.i. To plot: p.179,1.2. ‘He will practise against thee by 
poison.’ Shakespeare, As You Like It, i. 1. 156. 
Pray in aid. To call in to one’s assistance: p. 174, l. 23. 
*A conqueror that will pray in aid for kindness, 
Where he for grace is kneel’d to.’ 
Shakespeare, Ant. and Cl. v. 2. 27. 
Sir T. Hanmer in his note on this passage says: ‘ Praying in aid is a term — 
used for a petition made in a court of justice for the calling in of help 
from another that hath an interest in the cause in question,’ 
Precedent, adj, Preceding, previous: p, 82, 1. 26; p. 214, 1. 7. 
‘Our own precedent passions do instruct us 
What levity’s in youth,’ 
Shakespeare, Tim. of Ath, i. 1. 133. 
Preception, sb. Precept: p. 214, 1. 31. 
Prefer, v.t. To promote: p. 3,1. 31. See Esth. ii. 9; Dan. vi. 3. 
Preferred, ~.p. Recommended: p. 203, 1. 14, 
‘Large gifts have I bestow’d on learned clerks, 
Because my gift preferr’d me to the king.’ ~ 
Shakespeare, 2 Hen. VI, iv. 7. 77. 
Preferred before. Preferred to: p. 48,1. 13. See Johni, 15, 
Prelusive, adj, Preliminary, introductory: p. 94, 1. 23. 
Premeditate, p.~. Premeditated: p. 82, 1. 6; p. 156, 1. 8. 
Prenotion, sb. Foreknowledge: p. 130, 1. 25; p. 145, 1. 23. 
Preoccupate, v.t. To preoccupy: p. 268, 1. 14. 
Preposterous, adj. Inverted in order; literally, having the last first: 
p. 243, |. a1. 
Prescript, sb. <A prescription: p. 22, ]. 25; p. 132, 1.11; p. 142, 1. 5. 
Present, v.¢. To represent: p. 100, 1, 2. 
‘Ay, my commander: when I presented Ceres, 
I thought to have told thee of it.’ 
Shakespeare, Temp. iv. 1. 167, 
Present, adj. Immediate: p. 222, 1.13. ‘Present speeches ’=speeches 
made on the spur of the moment, impromptu speeches: p. 100, 1, 22. 
‘In present ’= Lat. in presenti, at present: p. 202, 1. 16. 
Presention, sb. Presentiment: p. 144, 1. 31. 
Press, v.t. To pursue eagerly: p, 226,1.19. ‘Pressing the fact’ seems 
to mean ‘urgently pursuing the business in hand’: p. 235, 1. 27. 
Pretence, sb. The thing pretended or aimed at: p. 124, 1. 5 
Pretend, v.i. To aim at, propose as an end or object: p. 36, ll. 5, 7, 10; 
p. 211, 1. 13. 
Pretermit, v.4. To pass by: p. 208, 1. 17; p. 215, |. 30. 
Prevent, v.i. To anticipate: p. 200, 1. 33; p. 261, 1.24. Comp. Ps. 
cxix. 148. 
Prevented, p.p. Anticipated: p. 171, 1. 10. 
Price, sb. Value: p. 26, 1. 13; p. 29,1. 8, &c. See Matt. xiii. 46. ‘To 
be in price’ =to be valued: p. 29, 1. 24. 
Prime, adj. Chief, excellent: p. 199, |. 32. 
Prince, used of Queen Elizabeth: p. 58, 1. 2. 
Print, sb. Impression, of a seal: p. 69, 1. 16. 
Privateness, sb. Privacy: p. 10, 1. 29; p. 15, |. 16, &c. Comp. Essay 
