to administer the affairs of some province. The duration 
of the office was one year. 
Pnetors, pracotuult to their provinces 
Hasting, or on return, In robes of state. 
Milton, P. R., IT. 63. 
. ,. ...procreare = 8p. Pg.^. ,.,,., 
= F. procreer), bring forth, beget, < pro, be- 
fore, 4- creare, produce, create: see create.] To 
beget; generate; engender; produce: as, to 
procreate children. 
He was lineally descended, and naturally procreated, of 
the noble stocke ami faiullle of Lancaster. 
Uall, Edw. IV., an. 9. 
Since the earth retains her fruitful power 
proconsul 4749 
II. n. One who or that which procreates or 
generates. 
Those imperfect and putrid creatures that receive a 
crawling life from two most unlike proenantt, the Sun 
and mudde. MOtan, On Del of Humb. Kemonst 
procreate (pro'kre-at), v. t. ; pret. 
(. L. pt'ocoiisitlaris, pertaining 
proconsul, a proconsul : see proconsul.] 1. Of 
or pertaining to a proconsul or his position or 
authority: as, proconsular rule. 
Beyond the capital the procontular power was vested in 
him | Augustus] without local limitations. 
W. W. Capet, The Early Empire, I. 
The procontular status of Achala under Galllo. 
Scha/, Hist Christ. Church, I. | 85. 
2. Under the government of a proconsul: as, 
& proconsular province. 
proconsulary (pro-kon'gu-la-ri), a. [< L. pro- procreation (pro-kre-a'shon), M. [< OF. pro- 
constilaris, proconsular: see'proconsular.] Pro- creation, F. procreation = Sp. nrocreacion = Pe 
consular. 
Proconmlarie authority, election to be consul], and 
other steps to mount to the empire were procured. 
Qreneicey, tr. Tacitus's Annales, xlii. 5. 
proconsulate (pro-kou'gu-lat), . [= F.]>ro- 
eonsttlat = 8p. Pg. procoiisu)ado = It. proconsn- 
lato, < ii.procoimutatus, the office of a proconsul, 
< proconsul, a proconsul : see proconsul.] The 
office of a proconsul, or the term of his office. 
proconsulsnip (pro-kon'sul-ship), n. [< pro- 
consul + -sliip.] Same as proconsulate. 
R. fixes on 158 A. I>. as the date of the proconmlthiu of 
Claudius Maximus. Amer. Jmir. Philol., X. IDS. 
procrastinate (pro-kras'ti-nat), . ; pret. and 
pp. procrastinated, ppr. procrastinating. [< L. 
procrastinatus, pp. of procrastitiare, put off till 
the morrow, < pro, for, + crastinus, pertaining procreativeness (pro'kre-a-tiv-nes), . 
to the morrow, < crag, to-morrow. Cf. crastina- 
proctoptoma 
1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling Procrustes, 
a robber of ancient Greece, who, according to 
the tradition, tortured his victims by placing 
them on a certain bed, and stretching them or 
lopping off their legs to adapt the body to itx 
length: resembling this mode of torture. Hence 
2. Reducing by violence to strict conform- 
ity to a measure or model ; producing uniform- 
ity by deforming or injurious force or by mu- 
tilation. 
When a story or argument undergoes contortion or mu- 
tilation, it Is said to go through a procnutean process. 
SirJ. Dane*. 
He stretches his favorite character! on a Procnutean 
bed, while he sul>ordlnats his plot and his episodes to 
conflicting calculations. Fortnightly Hev., N. S., XL 80. 
procrusteanize (pro-krus'te-au-iz), r. t. ; pret. 
and pp. procrusteaHi:ed,\>pt"procruxteaHizing. 
[< J'rocruslfan + -ire.] To stretch or contract 
to a (riven or required extent or size. 
j-tfi'si-an), a. [Irreg. < 
: ean) + -ion]. Same as 
Procrustean. Quarterly Rev. (Imp. Diet.) 
tion, proerastine.] I. trans. To put off till an- 
other day, or from day to day; delay; defer to 
a future time. 
Hopeless and helpless doth .*geon wend, 
But to procrastinate his lifeless end. 
Shat., C. of E., L 1. 159. 
Oonsalvo still procrastinated his return on various pre- 
Prencott, Ferd. and Isa., II. 11). 
=Syn. To postpone, adjourn, defer, retard, protract, pro- 
long. 
II. in trail*. To delay; be dilatory. 
I procrastinate more than I did twenty years ago. 
Sic\ft, To Pope. 
TIs onlle Incident (Macquart, 1838), < Gr. vpunrdf, the anus, + 
To man to cause the bodies procreation; oxniwo, a thorn.] A genus of dipterous insects 
The soulc 's Infusde by heavenly operation. of the family Asilidte. They are among those known 
Time* Whittle (E. E. T. S.), p. 7. as robber-JKet and hatct-Jtie,. P mUberti is the Missouri 
Uncleanness Is an unlawful gratification of the appetite e-klller. See cut under hauk-Jly. 
ot procreation. au, h _ proctagra (prok-tag'rtt), H. [NL., < Gr. vpunTof, 
procreative (pi-6'kre-a-tiv), a. [< procreate + tne at "w. + fyf*>, a taking; cf. podayra.] Same 
-ire.] Having the power or function of procre- as l>r"?talgia. 
ating; reproductive; generative; having the Proctalgia (prok-tal'ji-ft), M. rNL., < Gr. vpun- 
power to beget. ^, the anus, + o/.^of, pain.] Pain of the anu 
The ordinary period of the human procrcative faculty In or rec tlim. 
males is sixty-five, In females forty-five. Sir M. Halt, proctatresia (prok-ta-tre'si-ft), M. [NL., < Gr. 
[<y,ro- irpuKr6f, the anus, + arpi/rof, not perforated: 
ereatire + -ness.]' The state or quality of being 8e y' r *'0 The condition of having an im- 
procreative; the power of generating. 
perforate anus. 
These have the accurst privilege of propagating and not P ro *? r . t ' '.' ^ ob8ol(lt<? form of proctor. 
expiring, and have reconciled the prucrrati cenctt of cor- prOCtltlS (prok-tl tls), . 
the anus, 4- -His.] 
[NL.., C Gr. KfMJKTOC, 
Inflammation of the rectum 
natural parentes and procreaturt. 
procrastination (pro-kras-ti-na'shon), . r< procreatrix (pro 
OF.jirocrastinatioii = Pg. procrasti'nac,8o = It. 
proenutiitajtiOH*, < L. procrastittatio(n-), a put- 
ting off till the morrow, < procrastinatus, pp. of Procris 
procrastinare, put off till the morrow: see i<n>- < L - !'>'<' 
poreal with the duration of Incorporeal substance 
Decay o.f Christian Piety, or anus. 
procreator (pro'kre-a-tor), . [< OF.tirocrra- proctocele (prok'to-sel), n. [< Gr. irpunroc, the 
teur, F. procreate ur = Kj). Pg. proereador = It. anus, + ai/^ri, a tumor.] In patliol., inversion 
procreatore, < L. procreator, a begetter, a pro- and prolapse of the rectum, from relaxation of 
ducer, < procreare, pp. procrcatus, bring forth, the sphincter. 
generate: see procreate.] One who begets; a proctocystotomy (prok'to-sis-tot'o-mi), . [< 
generator; a father or sire. Gr. irpunrof, the anus, + E'. cystotoiiiy.] Cystot- 
Hc Is vnkynd and vnnatumll that wll not cherishe hys omy performed through the rectum. 
. see i 
crastinate.] The act or habit of procrastinat- 
ing; a putting off to a future time; delay; 
dilatoriness. 
Prorrafti nation In temporals is always dangerous, but In 
spirituals It Is often damnable. South, Sermons, XI. x. 
Procrastination Is the thief of time. 
Youny, Night Thoughts, i. 893. 
procrastinative (pro-kras'ti-na-tiv), a. [< pro- 
crastinate + -ire.] Given to procrastination ; 
dilatory. 
I was too procraMnativc and Inert while you were still 
in my neighborhood. The Critic, XI. 140. 
procrastinator (pro-kras'ti-na-tor), n. [= Pg. 
procrastiiiador= It.procrastinatore; &sprocras- 
tinate + -orl.] One who procrastinates, or de- 
fers the performance of anything to a future 
time. 
procrastinatory (pro-kras'ti-na-to-ri), . [< 
procrastinate + -ory.] Pertaining to or imply- 
ing procrastination. Imp. Diet. 
procrastinet (pro-kras'tiu), r. t. [< OF.procras- 
tiner = Pg. proci-astinar = It. procrastinare, < L. 
procrastinarr, put off till the morrow: see pro- 
crastinate.] To procrastinate. 
Thlnkyng that If that pardon were any lenger space pro- 
cratttned or prolonged that in the meane ceason, etc. 
Hall, Hen. VIL, an. 1. 
procreant (pro'kre-ant), n. and n. [= Sp. It. 
lirncreaute, < L. procrean(t-)s, ppr. ot procreare, 
bring forth, beget: see procreate.] I. <r. Pro- 
creating; producing young; related to or con- 
nected with reproduction. 
No Jutty, frieze, 
gaunt*, nor coign of vantage, but this bird [the martlet] 
Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle. 
Shak., Macbeth, i. 6. 8. 
theus.] In riitimi. : (a) A genus of zygaenid 
moths, having the fore wings blue, the hind 
brown, anteunte sublinear, in the male bipec- 
tinate, palpi slender, wings maculate, and larva? 
ovate, contracted, delicately pilose, u l> wide- 
spread, of 20 or SO species, represented in Europe, Africa 
Australia, and both Americas. P. americana Is very de- 
. a daughter of Erech- as ' s formed at the aboral end by an ingrowth 
of the ectoderm : correlated with stomodseum. 
which is derived from the ectoderm at the oral 
end both being distinguished from enteroii 
proper, which is of endodermal origin. Also 
proctodeutn. 
The anal opening forms at a late period by a very short 
Ingrowth or proctodirum, coinciding with the blind tenni 
nation of the rectal peduncle. Encyc. Brit., XVI. 662. 
proctodeal (prok-to-de'al), a. [< proctodx-iim 
+ -al.] Pertaining to tlie proctodteum. 
The terminal section of the Intestine Is formed by the 
proctodral Invagliiatlon. Encyc. Brit., XXIV. 680. 
proctodeum, . See proc todieiim. 
proctodynia (prok-to-din'i-tt), .. [NL., < Gr. 
irpuKTof, the anus, + 'ooivq, pain.] Proctalgia. 
Proctonotidae (prok-to-nofi-de), n.pl. [NL., < 
Proctonotus + -ida.] A family of polybranchi- 
ate nudibranchiates, typified by the genus Proc- 
tonotus. They have a distinct mantle, non-retractile 
rhinophoria, and dorsal papilla; without cnidopborous 
pouches around the mantle and passing forward under 
the head. The Jaws are corneous, and the teeth of the 
radula are multlseriaL 
Proctonotns (prok-to-no'tus), n. [NL., < Gr. 
' , the anus, +'varoc, back.] A genus of 
Lame of Pncris amtrica*a ftolnic on gnpe-leaf. 
(Lloe sho natural Hie.) 
But the loss of liberty Is not the whole of what the pro- 
mant bird suffers. Patty, Nat. Theol., xviil. 
Her procreant vigils Nature keeps 
Amid tbe nnftithomahle deeps. 
structlve to the grape in the United States, its larvw feed- nudibranchiates, typical of the family Procttmo- 
h ll?T^ n r u .? 1 ?, on J. 1 i el '? der 'y. e ftne ' < v ^"'do"en MX. The species occur in the European seas 
*&LSSVZg Sb'i'ong Tai Proctoparalysis (prok'to-pa-ral'i-sisr,. [NT! 
< Gr. xpuKTuf, the anus, + irapa/.vaif, paraly- 
sis: see paralysis.] Paralysis of the sphincter 
ani. 
Procreant cause, see 
cocoons spun in some sheltered spot or crevice. The best 
remedy is undcrspraying with Paris green. P. Oatict is 
known as On/oreler-motA. (b) A genus of butter- 
--,- - ies - ^/< "''*< /'rftfer, 1864. 
Hon*r(/,, \ernalOde. Procrustean (pro-krus'to-an), a. [< L. Pro- 
, < (..r. npotpoivrw, Procnistes (see def.).] 
proctoptoma (prok-top-to'mS), n. [NL., < Gr. 
I'r<>- ypuxTor, the anus. + xruua, fall, < T/m-f/v. fall.] 
Prolapse of the rect\im. 
