364 GLOSSARY. 



Practise, v.i. To plot: p. 179, 1. 2. He will practise against thee by 



poison. Shakespeare, As You Like It, i. I. 156. 

 Pray in aid. To call in to one s assistance : p. 1 74, 1. 23. 



1 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. 

 4 Our own precedent passions do instruct us 

 What levity s in youth. 



Shakespeare, Tim. of Ath. i. I. 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.p. Recommended: p. 203,!. 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 John i. 15. 

 Prelusive, adj. Preliminary, introductory : p. 94, 1. 23. 

 Premeditate, p.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 hrst 



p. 243, 1. 21. 



Prescript, sb. A prescription: p. 22, 1. 25 ; p. 132, 1. n ; p. 142, 1. 5. 

 Present, v.t. To represent: p. 100, 1. 2. 



Ay, my commander : when I presented Ceres, 

 I thought to have told thee of it. 



Shakespeare, Temp. iv. I. 167. 



Present, adj. Immediate: p. 222, 1. 13. Present speeches = speeches 

 made on the spur of the moment, impromptu speeches: p. loo, 1. 22. 

 In present -- Lat. in prtesenti, 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, 11. 5, 7, 10; 



p. 211, 1. 13. 



Pretermit, v.t. To pass by : p. 208, 1. 17 ; p. 215, 1. 30. 

 Prevent, v.i. To anticipate: p. 200, 1. 33; P- 201, i. 24. Comp. Ps. 



cxix. 148. 



Prevented, p.p. Anticipated: p. 171,!. 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, 1. 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, 1. 16, &c. Comp. Essay 



