procacious 
procacious (pro-ka'shus), a. [= OF. procace = 
It. iiriH-acf, < L. prorajr (-<-), forward, bold, 
. , . 
shameless, impudent, < procure, ask, demand, 
;ikin to precari, pray: see j-<jyi.] Pert; petu- 
lant; saucy. 
I confess these (personal comellneM and beauty] are 
commonly but the temptations of women and prccadoiu 
youth. ' Baiter, .Self-Denial, xliv. 
Now abating a procaciou* youth, now heartening a hy 
homely one. Dr. J. liruirn, Spare Hours, 3d er., p. 297. 
procacity (pro-kas'i-ti), it. [= OF. ]>rocacite = 
Sp. procacidad = Pg. procacidade = It. jiroca- 
ctta, < L. procacita(t-)K, forwardness, impu- 
dence. < procax (-<-), forward, bold : see proca- 
oio.] Impudence; petulance. 
In Talne are all your knaveries, 
Delights, deceiuts, proeacitia. 
Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. Ml. 
procambial (pro-kam'bi-al), n. [< procambium 
+ -/.] In hot., pertaining to or resembling 
the procambium. 
A vrocambial bundle being llrst formed. 
Encyc. Brit, IV. 106. 
procambium (pro-kam'bi-um), . [NL., < L. 
pro, before, + NL. cambium: see cambium?.] 
In but., a long-celled initial strand of a vascular 
bundle; a similar or homogeneous formative 
cell of a bundle. Compare cambium 1 . 
This mass [of elongated cells] Is termed the procambittm 
of the flbro-vascular bundle. Kneyc. ant., IV. 93. 
procardium (pro-kar'di-um), . ; pi. procardia 
(-&). [NL., < Gr. n-po, before, + nap6ia = E. 
heart.] The pit of the stomach ; the scrobicu- 
lus cordis. 
procarp (pro'karp), n. [< NL. procarpium, < 
Or. np6, before, 4- napKor,, a fruit.] In hot., in 
certain alga? and fungi, a unicellular or pluri- 
cellular female sexual organ, which consists of 
a filamentous receptive part called the tricho- 
(tyiie and a dilated part called the carpogonium. 
The protoplasm is not rounded off to form an oosphere, 
but is excited by fertilization to a process of growth which 
results in a sporocarp. 
In the Floridete it Is the procarpium (procarp), which 
consists of a single cell or a small cell group. 
be Bary, Fungi (trans. X p. 121. 
procarpium (pro-kitr'pi-um), n.; pi. procarpia 
(-a). [NL.: see procarp.'] Same as procarp. 
procatalectic (pro-kat-a-lek'tik), n. [< Gr. n/m, 
before, + Mira/t^mof , leaving off: see catalectic. 
Cf. Tfftoiiara'/jjytiv, leave off beforehand.] In one, 
pros., catalectic at the beginning; wanting the 
arsis (metrically unaccented part) of the first 
foot. Thus, the following colon in an iambic 
period is procatalectic: " -* ** * >- (for 
** - ^ -t J. w J.). 
procatarctict (pro-ka-tark'tik), a. [< Gr. npo- 
KarapKTiKof, beginning beforehand, being the im- 
mediate cause, < KpoKarapxctv, begin first, < irpA, 
before, + narapxetv, begin upon, < Kara, upon, 
+ apxfiv, be first, begin.] Being the immedi- 
ate cause; in nicil., noting a cause which im- 
mediately kindles a disease into action when 
there exists a predisposition to it. The proea- 
tarctic cause is often denominated the exciting 
cause. See efficient cause, under efficient. 
procatarcticalt (pro-ka-tiirk'ti-kal), a. [< pro- 
catarctic + -a/.] Same as procatarctic. 
The procatarctical and proegiiroenal causes are of great 
use in physick; for the physicians reduce almost all dis- 
eases to three causes : procatarctical, proegmnenal, and sy- 
nectlcal or containing. The procatarctical is with them the 
external and evident cause. . . . For example : The //-.- 
catarctical cause of the fever Is either cold or the astrin- 
gent bathes. Hurijmnliciwi, tr. by a Gentleman, L 17. 
procatarzist (pro-ka-tark'sis), . [< Gr. xpoiia- 
rapfif, a first beginning, < nponarAnxeiv, begin 
first: see procatarctic.'] In med., the kindling 
of a disease into action by a procatarctic cause, 
when a predisposition exists; also, the proca- 
tarctic cause of a disease. 
procathedral (prd-ka-the'dral), n. [< L. pro, for, 
+ ML. cathedral, a cathedral: see MMMlj 
A church used temporarily as a cathedral. 
procedet, r. i. An obsolete spelling of proceed. 
procedendo (pro-se-den'do), . [L., abl. sing. 
gerundive of procedere, go forward, proceed : see 
proceed.'] In law, a writ which formerly issued 
out of the English Court of [Chancery in the exer- 
cise of its common-law jurisdiction, when judges 
of any subordinate court wrongfully delayed the 
parties, and would not give judgment either on 
the one side or on the other, it commanded the 
judges to proceed to give Judgment, without specifying 
any particular judgment to be given. A writ of proce- 
dendo also lay where an action had been removed from 
an Inferior to a superior court, and It appeared to the su- 
perior court that It wu removed on Insufficient grounds. 
procedure (pro-se'dur), . [< OF. procedure. 
V. IHII<-IIIII = It. iiniceiiura, < L. procedure, 
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go forward, proceed : see proceed.] It. The act 
of proceeding or moving forward ; progress. 
He overcame the difficulty In defiance of all such pre- 
tences as were made even from religion Itself to obstruct 
the better procedure of real and material religion. 
Jer. Taylor, Works, III. vll. 
2. Manner of proceeding or acting; a course 
or mode of action ; conduct. 
Those more complex intellectual procedure* which acute 
thinkers have ever employed. 
//. Spencer, Prln. of PsychoL 
He would learn If they 
Connive at fjm't procedure! 
Browning, Stratford. 
3. A step taken; an act performed ; a proceed- 
ing. 4f. Thatwhichproceedsfromsomething; 
product. 
No known substance but earth, and the procedure* of 
earth, as tile and stone. Bacon. 
6. The modes, collectively, of conducting busi- 
ness, especially deliberative business; specifi- 
cally, in law, the modes of conduct of litigation 
and judicial business, as distinguished from 
that branch of the law which gives or defines 
rights. It includes practice, pleading, and evi- 
dence. 
By itself indeed the lately revealed Irish law would carry 
us a very little way. Its great peculiarity is the extraor- 
dinary prominence It gives to Procedure. 
Maine, Early Law and Custom, p. 874. 
Civil procedure ... is chiefly Intended to realize and 
enforce the legalized interests or "rights" of individuals. 
PoKt. Sci. Quarterly, II. 123. 
Common-law procedure acts. See common. New or 
reformed procedure. See equity, 2(6).=8yn, 2. Pro- 
ceeding, Operation, etc. .See procc**. 
proceed (pro-sed'), r. '. [Early mod. E. also 
procede; < ME. proceden, < OF. proceder, F. 
proceder = Sp. Pg. proceder = It. procedere, < 
L. procedere, go forth, go forward, advance, 
come forth, issue, go on, result, proceed, < pro, 
forth, + cedere, go: see cede.] 1. To move, 
pass, or go forward or onward; continue or re- 
new motion or progress; advance; go on, lit- 
erally or figuratively: as, to proceed on one's 
journey; the vessel touched at Queenstown, and 
then proceeded on her voyage. 
Come, cite them, ('rites, first, and then proceed. 
B. Jonton, Cynthia's Revels, v. 8. 
Hadst t !n MI . . . proceeded 
The sweet degrees that this brief world affords. 
Shak., T. of A., iv. 8. 255. 
Proceeding the space of a flight-shoot, they flnde another 
Arch, like vnto the first J'urchat, Pilgrimage, p. 269. 
I shall . . . proceed to more complex ideas. 
Locke, Human Understanding. II. xviil. 2. 
Having already mentioned those Speeches which are 
assigned to the Persons in this Poem, 1 proceed to the De- 
scription which the Poet gives us of RaphaeL 
Addaun, Spectator, No. 327. 
2. To issue or come, as from an origin, source, 
or fountain; go forth: with from. 
Excuse me that I am so free with you ; what I write 
proceed* from the clear Current of a pure Affection. 
Uowcll, Letters, I. T. 11. 
From the death of the old the new proceed*. 
Whittier, The Preacher. 
3. To carry on some series of actions ; set one's 
self at work and go on in a certain way and for 
some particular purpose ; act according to some 
method. 
If you promise vs peace, we will heleene you ; If you 
proceed In revenge we will abandon the Country. 
Quoted In Capt. John Smith'* Works, L 225. 
From them I will not hide 
My judgments, how with mankind 1 proceed. 
Milton, P. L.,xi. 69. 
He that proceed* on other principles In his inquiry into 
any sciences posts himself in a party. Locke. 
But how severely with themselves proceed 
The men who write such verse as we can read ! 
Pope, 1 mil. of llur. . II. U. 157. 
It. To be transacted or carried on ; be done ; 
pass; go on. 
He will, after his sour fashion, tell you 
What hath proceeded worthy note to-day. 
Shak.,J. C., LZ. 180. 
5. To begin and carry on a legal action; take 
any step in the course of procedure : as, to pro- 
ceed against an offender. 6. To come into 
effect or action. [Rare.] 
This rule only proceed* and takes place when a person 
cannot of common law condemn another by his sentence. 
Ayli/e, Parergon. 
7. To take an academic degree : now used only 
in t he universities of Great Britain and Ireland. 
" To proceed master" is an abbreviated form of 
" to proceed to the degree of master." 
Ignorance in stilts . . . 
With parrot tongue perfonn'd the scholar's part, 
Proceeding soon a graduated dunce. 
Cotrper, Task, II. 7:i. 
proceleusmatic 
The oldest (surviving graduate) proceeded Bachelnr o( 
Arts the very Commencement at which Dr. Stiles was 
elected U) the Presidency. 
Woobey, Discourse, Yale Coll., Aug. 14, 1850, p. 88. 
((College Word*.) 
= Syn. 2. To arise, emanate, flow, accrue, result, be de- 
rived. 
proceed (pro'sed), n. [Early mod. E. also pro- 
cede; < proceed, v.] The amount proceeding 
or accruing from some possession or transac- 
tion ; especially, the sum derived from the sale 
of goods: now used only in the plural: as, the 
consignee was directed to sell the goods for- 
warded and invest the proceeds in coffee. 
The only Procede (that I may use the mercantile Term) 
you can expect Is Thanks, and this Way shall not be want- 
ing to make you rich Returns. lluirell, Letters, I. L 29. 
Net proceed*. See nef?. Proceedsof acargo, in gen- 
eral, the return or substituted cargo, acquired by sale or 
exchange of the goods originally shipped. Vow <t>. Hope 
In*. Co., 1 Hall, 168. 
proceeder (pro-se'der), n. 1. One who pro- 
ceeds or goes forward ; one who makes a pro- 
gress. 
Let him not set himself too great nor too small tasks ; 
for the first will make him dejected by often falling, and 
the second will make him a small proceeder, though by 
often prevailing. Bacon, Nature in Men (ed. 1887). 
Specifically 2. One who takes an academic 
degree. 
A little before the Reformation, the greatest part of the 
proceedert In divinity at Oxford were monks and Regular 
canons. 
Tanner, quoted in Forewords to Babees Book, p. xxxvi. 
proceeding (pro-se'ding), . [Verbal n. of pro- 
ceed, v.] 1. A going forward; a procession; 
the act of one who proceeds; especially, a 
measure or step taken ; a doing; a transaction : 
as, an illegal proceeding ; a cautious proceed- 
ing ; a violent proceeding. In the plural the term 
Is specifically applied to suits and judicial actions of all 
kinds Involving rights of persons or of property, as well 
as to the course of steps or measures in the prosecution 
of actions at law : as, to institute proceeding* against a 
person. 
The proceeding was thus ordered : viz., First the City 
Marshal, to follow In the rear of Ills Majesty's Ufeduards. 
England'* Joy (Arbor's Eng. Darner, I. 29). 
The clerk . . . should keep a record of the proceeding*. 
Robert, Rules of Order, I 61. 
We have learned some of us to approve, and more per- 
haps to acquiesce In, proceeding* which our fathers looked 
on as in the last degree unrighteous and intolerable. 
,,, Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 8. 
2f. Advancement. 
My dear dear love 
To your proceeding bids me tell you this. 
SAai., J. C., II. 2. 103. 
3. pi. A record or account of the transactions 
of a society : as, the Proceedings of the Amer- 
ican Philological Association. The proceeding* of 
this and other societies differ from the tramactian*. In that 
the proceeding* are the record of all the business done, 
with mere abstracts of the papers read, while the trannac- 
tiont consist of the papers themselves. Collateral pro- 
ceeding. See coUatrral. - Dispossess proceedings. See 
tjlfoitem. Proceeding via executiva, in a'tri law, ex- 
ecutory process (which see, under executory). Special 
proceeding, a judicial proceeding other than an action, 
as a writ of mandamus, a petition to appoint a trustee, 
etc. Stay of proceedings, see itay. Summary pro- 
ceedings, in law, certain legal remedies authorized by stat- 
ute to be taken without the formal bringing of an action by 
process and pleading an affidavit laid beforea magistrate 
under warrant Issued thereon being usually substituted ; 
more specifically, such proceedings taken to dispossess a 
tenant for non-payment of rent, or for holding over. etc. 
Supplementary proceedings, sometimes called sup- 
plemental proceedings, proceedings supplementary to 
Judgment ana execution for the enforcement thereof, when 
the execution remains unsatisfied. Courts of equity have 
given such a remedy by bill compelling examination of a 
debtor under oath, and by injunction against disposing of 
his assets ; and the codes of procedure have added as an 
alternative remedy, at the option of the creditor, a supple- 
mentary proceeding, either entitled In the original cause 
or a special proceeding issuing out of It, by which, on affi- 
davit, an order is granted compelling the debtor, or a 
third person holding his assets or indebted to him, to ap- 
pear for examination, and forbidding disposal of assets 
meanwhile ; and, if assets are discovered, a receiver can 
be appointed. = Syn. 1. Procedure, Operation, etc. (see pro- 
ce*\ measure, performance, step. 
proceleusmatic (pros'e-lus-mat'ik), a. ami . 
[<. LL. procelennmaticun, < Gr. vpauAnaitartttt 
(sc. noiif), a foot consisting of four short sylla- 
bles, lit. 'pertaining to incitement,'< *irpon(?.evo- 
ua, < irpoKcfai'civ, arouse to action beforehand, 
incite before, < irp&, before, + xt>.ticiv, order, < 
iitXfaiv, urge, drive on, incite.] I, a. 1. In- 
citing; animating: encouraging. 
The ancient proceleusmatick song, by which the rowers 
of Dailies were animated, may be supposed to have been 
of this kind. Johnton, Jour, to Western Isles, p. 14". 
2. In pros., consisting, as a metrical fo<> 
four short syllables; of or pertaining to (< 
constituted. 
