praise 
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prank 
Fondly we think we honour merit then 
When we butpraiw ourselves In other men. 
Pope, Essay on Criticism, 1. 465. 
Of whose high praise, andpraw/J bliss, One of the praam* mounted ten guns and the other 
Goodness the pen, heaven paper Is : eight. Marryat, Peter Simple, III. xrL 
The Ink Immortal fame doth lend pram 2 (pram), . [Contr. of 'peram, abbr. of 
2. To extol in gratitude and devotion for bless- "**" perambulator.] A perambulator. [Vulgar.] 
ings received; especially, to offer grateful horn- praiseless (praz'les), a. [< prause + -less.] j m to , d ^ , t ta now con)mon unongit the lower 
age to; worship; glorify. Without praise; undeserving of praise ; with- c i,es to call perambulators prams. 
And to worschlpe and preyse suche an holy Lond, that out merit. K. and .. 6th ser., IX. 426. 
broughte forthe suche Fruyt, thorghe the whiche every 
Man is saved, but it be his owne defaute. 
Uaiuleville, Travels, p. 8. 
Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, 
and for his wonderful works to the children of men ! praise-meeting (praz 'me'ting) ; n 
Praise God for the merry year. 
Shalt., 2 Hen. IV., v. 8. 19. 
3t. To appraise ; set a price upon ; value. 
ment; (praise + -ment. Ct. appraisement.'] Ap- 
praisement; valuation. 
Also I will that my chalice, w my IJ. crewetts and pax 
of siluer, before the praysement or division made of my 
foresaid moveables, . . . remayn styll to her. 
Fabyan, Chron., I., Pref., viL 
ilc n it li most polllsh that blessing of speech. 
.sYr P. Sidney, ApoL for 1'oetrie (Arber rep., II. 50X 
In the 
"United StatesT a religious service of congre- 
gational worship in which singing is a con- 
spicuous feature. 
Many folk worschipen tho Beates, whan the! meeten Praisementt (praz'ment), r.. [< ME. prayes- 
If ... speech, next to reason, bee the greatest gyft be- prance (prans), r. i. ; pr 
stowed \-pon mortalltle, that cannot be MtebM which j, pr p ran cing. [< ME. prancen, prauncen. 
pret. and pp. pranced, 
hem first at Morwe, for here gret vertue and for the gode 
smelle that thel han ; and tho Skynnes the! preysen more 
than thoughe thel were Plate of fyn Gold. 
Mandenlle, Travels, p. 217. 
That no seriaunt take ... for ther fees, when the goodes 
be preised, but iilj. d. English Oilds (E. E. T. 8.), p. 891. 
And let them that shall praise the moveable goods to be rjraiser (pra'zer), n. [X ME. preixer; < praixr 
I..11, .,....! >.,.).. t I,.. ..,....! It. ..- I..L .. flnnrt I>.-,.,1 111. it t.hftv on v , . V < /- 1_ 1 
+ -eri.] 1. One who praises, commends, or 
extols ; a eulogist. 
Thou shalt rather drede and flee fro the swete wordes of 
flateringe preiseres than fro the egre wordes of thy freend 
that seith thee settles. Chaucer, Tale of Melibeus. 
delivered unto the creditor take good heed that they do 
et a reasonable price upon them. 
Statute of Merchants, 11 Edw. I., st. L (1283), tr. in 
[Statutes of the Realm, I. 58 (1810). 
= Syn. 1 and 2. Praise, Applaud, Extol, laud, eulogize, cele- 
brate, exalt, bless. Praise Is the general word ; It is posi- 
tive, but of varying degrees of strength. We praise, ap- 
plaud, and extol by words written or spoken ; we may ap- 
plaud also by clapping the hands or by other physical 
demonstrations of approbation. To extol Is to praise very 
highly, generally at some length. See eulogy. 
He praised her taste, and she commended his under- 
standing : an age could not have made them better ac- 
quainted. Goldsmith, Vicar, v. 
Rome approves my act ; 
Applauds the blow which costs me life, but keeps 
My honour spotless. Browning, Ring and Book, II. 287. 
The young minister had in private extolled Hastings as 
We men and praisers of men should remember that, if 
we have such excellencies, it is reason to think them ex- 
cellent creatures of whom we are. Sir P. Sidney. 
2f. An appraiser. 
He ... talked himself with the praisers, and made them 
set high prises upon every thing that was to be sold. 
North, tr. of Plutarch, p. 649. (Dames ) 
praisewortht, a. Praiseworthy. 
Whose praise-worth vertures, If In verse I now should take 
in hand 
For to comprize. Holland, tr. of Camden, p. 290. (Dame*.) 
praiseworthily (praz'wer'Tui-li), </<. 
manner deserving of praise. 
Her name was F,nvie, knowen well thereby. 
Whose nature is to grieve and grudge at all 
That ever she sees doen prays-trorthily. 
Spenser, F. Q., V. xll. 31. 
The 
off; an assibilated form of 
'prank. Cf. G. dial. (Bav.) prangezeu, prangs- 
sen, assume airs, Swiss itpramen, strut.] 1 . To 
make a show in walking ; move proudly, lift- 
ing the feet with a rearing or capering motion : 
used of horses in high mettle. 
Upon the first setting out, my Steed falls a prancing; 
you would have said he was a Horse of Mettle ; he was 
plump, and In good Case. 
If. Bailey, tr. of Colloquies of Erasmus, I. 418. 
Ai the proud horse, with costly trappings gay. 
Exulting prances to the bloody fray. 
Falconer, Shipwreck, II. 
2. To ride with a rearing or capering motion ; 
ride gaily, proudly, or insolently. 
I see 
The insulting tyrant prancing o'er the field. 
Additon, Cato, I. 1. 
Anon to meet us lightly pranced 
Three captains out Tennyson, Princess, v. 
3. To walk, strut, or caper in an elated, proud, 
or conceited manner. 
Trimm'd like a younker prancing to his love. 
Shalt., 3 Hen. VI., II. 1. 24. 
Tls so, those two that there deride him. 
And with such graces pran beside him 
In pomp, Infallibly declare 
lelvi ' 
praise (praz), n. [< ME. prayse, prcis, prei/s, 
an from tlin vrh 1 f flip Vvnrpssion of 
piaise , ti om me vero.j I. me expre 
approbation or esteem because of some virtue, 
meritorious performance, or pleasing quality ; 
bestowal of commendation or admiration for praiseworthiness (praz'wer'Tiii-nes), >i. 
something excellent or beautiful; laudation; character of being praiseworthy. 
applause. 
O, natter me ; for love delights In praises. 
Shak., T. O. of V., II. 4. 148. 
Their praise 
Was to the poet money, wine, and bays. 
B. Jonson, Epiccene, Prol. 
Themselves the sheriffs; he the Mayor. 
D'Urfey, Colin's Walk, II. 
Rawdon . . . pranced off to engage the lodgings with 
all the impetuosity of love. Thackeray, Vanity Fair, xvl. 
In a prancer (pran'ser), n. [< prance + -cr 1 .] A 
prancing horse. 
Then came the captalne or governor of the castle of St. 
Angelo upon a brave prancer. 
Evelyn, Diary, Nov. 22, 1644. 
And fleeter now she skimm'd the plains 
Than she whose elfin prancer springs 
By night to eery warblings. 
praiseworthy (prfa'wto'THi), a. [< r,> + . ^.m!/, Lancelot and Guinevere, 
u-orth,/.-] Deserving of praise; laudable; com- prancing (pran'smg), 11. [Verbal n.of prance, 
mendable. ''! The rearing or capering action of a horse. 
Thou hast taught us to admire onely that which is good, 
and to count that onely praiseworthy which Is grounded 
If their words have any meaning at all, by praise they 
must mean the exercise or testimony of some sorts of es- 
teem, respect, and honourable regard. 
Edwards, On the Will, ill. 1. 
upon thy divine Precepts. 
Milton, On Def. of Humb. Remonst. 
In surrendering her western territory, North Carolina 
showed praiseworthy generosity. 
J. Fiske, Critical Period of Amer. HlsL, v. 
tat ion. 
Laus, Anglice, good preys; vel vituperum, Anglice, bad 
preys. MS. Kb. Reg. (SaUiwell.) 
Your praise is come too swiftly home before you. 
Know you not, master, to some kind of men 
Their graces serve them but as enemies? 
Shalt., As you Like it, li. 8. 9. 
, 
To sin's rebuke and my Creator's praise. 
*., 3 Hen. VI., Iv. 6.44. 
Thrace feels thro' all her realms their furious course, 
Shook by the prancings of the thund'rlng horse. 
Pitt, XneM, xil. 
prancing (pran'sing), p. a. [Ppr. of pranfe, f.] 
Rearing; bounding; capering; riding with gal- 
lant show. 
Now rule thy prancing steeds, lac'd charioteer. 
Gay, Trivia, II. 62*. 
prancingly (pran'sing-li), adv. In a prancing 
manner. 
prancomet, . [Tor "prankum (cf. prinkum- 
l>rankui), a Latinized form ot prank.] Some- 
thing odd or strange. 
Gog's hart, I durst have laid my cap to a crown, 
Ch would learn of some prancotne as soon as Ich chum to 
/.'/. Still, Gammer Gnrton's Needle. 
town. 
nature.] The collective name of those dialects 
which succeed the Sanskrit in the historical 
development of the language of India. They 
assumed a literary position first In the Sanskrit dramas, 
where female characters and the lower male characters 
are introduced as speaking Prakrit Instead of the Sanskrit 
used by kings, noblemen, and priests. 
The lnacrl ns of A8oka m written |n three Ioca , M1 prandial (pran'di-al), a. [< L pramhum, a 
3. The expression of love and gratitude for or proJrrit dialects, evidently derived by long continued breakfast or an early dinner or luncheon, usu- 
benefits received ; devotion with thanksgiving; detrition from the Sanskrit of the Vedas. ally taken at noon.] Relating or pertaining to 
especially, a tribute of grateful homage to God. a dinner or other meal : as, prandial prepara- 
My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me Prakritic (pra-krit'ik), a. [< Prakrit + -ic.] tions. 
thy statutes. Ps. cxix. 171. Belonging or pertaining to Praknt, or to one of pranet, An obsolete form of prawn. Pals- 
la devotion spend my latter days, the dialects constituting Prakrit. grave. 
The next stage of Indian language, to which the In- PrangOS (prang'gos), n. [NL. (Lindley, 1824), 
scriptions Justjiaferred to_belong. Is called^ the \PraMtic. f rom an E. Ind. name.] 1 . A genus of umbellif- 
Prayer causeth the first Shower of Rain, but Praise 
brings down the second. 
4. A ground or reason for praise. 
You have the honey still, but these the gall ; 
So to be valiant is no praise at all. 
Shak.,T. and C., 11. 2. 145. 
A restless crowd, . . . 
Whose highest praise is that they live in vain. 
Cowper, Retirement, 1. 23. 
W. D. Whitney, Life and Growth of Lang., p. 187. 
HoweU, Letters, it 67. p ra line (pra'len), n. [P.] A confection made 
by stirring almonds (or other kernels of nuts) 
in boiling sugar and water till they are brown 
and will crackle between the teeth; also, in 
Louisiana, a flat cake made by stirring the 
kernels of nuts (generally pecan-nuts) in sugar. 
Also, corruptly, prawling. 
erous plants of the tribe Kesetineie and subtribe 
Caehrydetf. It Is characterised by a very broadly ex- 
cavated seed, the primary ridges of the fruit some or all 
of them expanded Into wings, and a tall smooth stem, 
sometimes woolly at the base. There are about 40 species, 
natives of the Mediterranean region and of Asia. They 
are perennial herbs, with pinnate or pinnately decom- 
pound leaves, compound many-rayed umbels of yellow 
flowers, numerous bracts and bractleU, and smooth oblong 
fruit containing many oil-tubes. P. pabularia, the pran- 
gos of Cashmere, is called hay-plant. 
2. [I. r.] A plant of this genus. 
TV pram> (pram), . [Also praam.prame, prahme; 
5. A subject for praise; a person or thing ^ p pVame = MD. prame, D. praam = MLG. 
worthy to be praised. pram, ~ ~ 
He Is thy prawe, and he is thy God. Deut x. 21. p r amr 
Praise at parting, praise in ^epartt^, proverbW origin: -.. ,._.-_.., -. -- . ffwvw , witn uie incr uowuwaru.j A BU pj,uscu 
wUhes 8 at C uart!! K am ng boat or H S hter> U8 . ed ? e ^^^^^ genus of isopods, founded on the femak form 
v.ishes at parting. the g^^ ports for loadmg j^ unloading ^ the ' \AnCfUS. 
merchant vessels. 
t parting. 
Now praise at thy parting. 
Tom Tyler, etc. (1598). (Kara.) 
Pros. [Aside.] Praise in departing. 
Fran. They vanish'd strangely. 
Shak., Tempest, ill. 8. 89. 
Prick and praise t. See prick. = 
honor, panegyric, plaudit, acclaim. 
"tow-. . . ... 
a. [< 
B. 1. Encomium, 
ee praise, t., and 
praise + -ful.~\ 
Around us lay the foreign steamers, mostly English, each 
with its crowd of boats and prams. These prams are huge 
barges roofed over, and resemble for all the world game- 
pies or old-fashioned monitors. 
Roe, Land of the North Wind (1875X p. 158. (Dames.) 
He steers the leading prame Into the bay. 
R. D. Kadmore, Springhaven, xxxviiL 
prank (prangk), . [< ME. pranken, prank, ar- 
range one's dress, = MI), proncken, prnnkm, 
D. pronken, make a show, arrange one's dress 
(pronckeprinken, glitter in a fine dress) ; in rela- 
tion with prink, and with MLG. prunken = MHG. 
brunken, G. prunken = Sw. jtrunka = Dan. 
]>riinke, make a show, prank, and with MLG. 
'; worthy oprise ; laud- 2. MiKt., a similar barge or lighter mounted prangen = MHG. prangcn brangen, G. prangen 
with guns, and used as a floating battery. = Icel. pranga = Sw. pranga, pranga = Dan. 
