prosopopeia 
The Drat species (of representative HRiircB] is protopa- 
pceia, in which the speaker personates another : as where 
Milo is introdm-ol hy i 'ii:ero as rij> ukiu^' through his lips. 
. . . Sometimes this figure takes the form of a colloquy or 
a dialogue. This was the ancient sermoclnatio. 
II. N. Day, Art of Discourse, % 344. 
prosopopeyt, [< F. prosopopee, < L. prosopo- 
pii'in : see i>rosopopeia.] Same as prosopopeia. 
The witlessly malicious prosopopey, wherein my Refuter 
brings in the Reverend and Peerless Bishop of London 
pleading for his wife to the Metropolitan, becomes well 
the mouth of a scurri! Mass-priest 
Bp. Hall, Honor of Married Clergy, 1L $ 7. 
prosopopoeia, . See prosopopeia. 
prosoposternodymia (pro-so-po-ster-no-dim'- 
i"!J)- " [NL., \ Gr. irpoauTruv, fare, + aripvov. 
breast, + didv/a>f, double : see didymonx.] In 
teratol., a double monstrosity, with union of 
faces from forehead to sternum. 
prosopotocia (pro-so-po-to'sia), n. [NL., < Gr. 
npoouKov, face, + TOKOC,, parturition.] Parturi- 
tion with face-presentation. 
Prosopulmonata (pros-5-pul-mo-na'tft), . pi. 
[NL.: see jtroxopulmonate.] Those air-breath- 
ing gastropods whose pulmonary sac occupies 
an anterior position. 
prosopulmonate (pros-6-puTmo-nat), a. [< Gr. 
irpoou, forward, 4- L. pulum, lung: see pulmo- 
nate.] Having anterior pulmonary organs: 
applied to tlioso pulmonates or pulinoniferous 
gastropods in which the pallia! region is large, 
and gives to a visceral sac, with the concomi- 
tant forward position of the pulmonary cham- 
ber, an inclination of the auricle of the heart 
forward and to the right, and of the ventricle 
backward and to the left. 
prosopylar (pros'o-pi-lar), . [< proxopyle + 
-r 3 .] Of or pertaining to a pvosopyle; pro- 
vided witli aprosopyle; iiirurreut, as an orifice 
of an endoderraal chamber of a sponge. 
prosopyle (pros'o-pil), H. l< Gr. ;7/iomj, for- 
ward, + Kvt.i], a gate.] In sponges, the incur- 
rent aperture by wliich an endodernial cham- 
ber communicates with the exterior. 
Returning to the ancestral form of sponge, Olynthus, 
let us conceive the endoderm growing out into a number 
of approximately spherical chambers, each of which com- 
municates with the exterior by a prtHuipyl? and with the 
paragastric cavity by a comparatively large aperture, 
which we may term for distinction an ajwpyle. 
W. J. SMax, Encyc. Brit., XXII. 414. 
prosothoracopagUS (pros-o-tho-ra-kop'a-gus), 
. [NL., < Gr. Tpoiru, forward, + flupa^ (-*'-), 
thorax, + T}0f, that wliich is fixed or firmly 
set, < m/jvrmi, stick, fix in.] In terabit., a 
double monster with the thoraces fused toge- 
ther in front. 
prospect (pro-spekf), ''. [< L. proapecturc. look 
forward, look out, look toward, foresee, freq. of 
prosnicere, f/p. prospectus, look forward or into 
the distance, look out, foresee, < pro, forth, + 
speeere, look; in signification I., '2, from the n.] 
I, intraiix. If. To look forward; have a view 
or outlook ; face. 
This poynte . . . prottpectethe towarde that parte of 
Aphrike whiche the portugales canle Caput Bonn Speran- 
the. Peter Martyr (tr. in Eden's First Books on America, 
[ed. Arber, p. 129). 
Like Carpenters, within a Wood they choose 
Sixteen fair Trees that never leaues do loose, 
Whose equall front in quadran form prospected, 
As if of purpose Nature them erected. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Handy-Crafts. 
2 (pros'pekt). In mining, to make a search; 
explore : as, to prospect for a place which may 
be profitably worked for precious metal. 
II. trans. 1. To look forward toward ; have 
a view of. 
He tooke the capitaine by the hand and brought him 
with certeine of his familiars to the highest towre of his 
palaice, from whense they myght prospect* the mayne 
sea. Peter Martyr (tr. in Eden's First Books on America, 
[ed. Arber, p. 179). 
2 (pros'pekt). In mining : (a) To explore for 
unworked deposits of ore, as a mining region. 
(/>) To do experimental work upon, as a new 
mining claim, for the purpose of ascertaining 
its probable value : as, he \aprogpteH*ff a claim. 
[Pacific States.] 
prospect (pros'pekt), u. [< F. prospect = Sp. 
Pg. prosjiecto = It. prospetto, < L. prospectus, a 
lookout, a distant view, < pronpicere, pp. pro- 
spectus, look forwarder into the distance: see 
prospect, '.] 1. The view of things within the 
reach of the eye ; sight ; survey. 
Who was the lord of house or land, that stood 
Within the protpecl of your covetous eye? 
Fletcher, Beggars' Bush, I. 2. 
The streets are strait, yeelding prngjtert from one gate 
to another. Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 436. 
Eden, and all the coast, in prngpect lay. 
Mi/tun, f. L, x. S>. 
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2. That which is presented to the eye ; scene ; 
view. 
There Is a most pleasant prospect from that walke ouer 
the miles into the 1'uilleric garden. 
Coryat, Crudities, I. ss, nig. U. 
I'p to a hill anon hi., steps he niar'd, 
From whose high top to ken the prospect round. 
Mill:::.. P. K. ii. 286. 
What a goodly prospect spreads around, 
Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires! 
Th(iin:n, Summer. 
There was nothing in particular in the prospect to 
charm ; It was an average French view. 
It. .In i ,!*, Jr., Little Tour, p. 95. 
3f. A view or representation in perspective ; a 
perspective ; a landscape. 
I went to Putney and other places on y Thames to taku 
prospect* In crayon to carry Into France, where I thought 
to have them engrav'd. Evelyn, Diary, Jane 20, 1049. 
The Domes or Cupolas have a marvellous effect In prat- 
peel, though they are not many. 
Li-', i , Journey to Paris, p. 8. 
The last .Scene does present Noah and his Family com- 
ing out of the Ark, with all the Beasts, two by two, and 
all the Fowls of the Air seen in a Prtpect sitting upon the 
Trees. Quoted in Ashton's Social Life In Reign of Queen 
( Anne, I. 257. 
4. An object of observation or contemplation. 
Man to himself 
Is a large prospect. 
Sir J. U: nli:: in, The Sophy, v. 1. 
The Survey of the whole Creation, and of every thing 
that Is transacted In It, is a Prtxpect worthy of Omni- 
science. Addition, Spectator, No. 315. 
5f. A place wliich affords an extensive view. 
People may from that place as from a most delectable 
prospect contemplate and view the parts of theCity round 
about them. Coryat, Crudities, I. 205. 
Him (iod beholding from his pratprct high. 
Mtltmi, P. L., lit 77. 
6. A wide, long, straight street or avenue: as, 
the Ascension Prospect in St. Petersburg. [A 
Russian use.] 7. Direction of the front of it 
building, window, or other object, especially in 
relation to the points of the compass; aspect; 
outlook; exposure: as, a proxpeel toward the 
south or north. 
Without the inner gate were the chambers of the sing- 
ers ; . . . and their prospect was toward the south ; one at 
the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the 
north. Ezek. xl. 44. 
8. A looking forward; anticipation; foresight. 
Is he a prudent man as to his teinjtoral estate who lays 
designs only for a day. without any protect to or provi- 
sion for the remaining part of life? TiutttMtit. 
9. Kxpertation, or ground of expectation, espe- 
cially expectation of advantage (often so used 
in the plural): as, a prospect of a good harvest ; 
a jirospfet of preferment ; his prospects are good. 
I had here also a prospect of advancing a profitable 
Trade for Ambergrease with these People, and of gaining 
a considerable Fortune to my self. 
Dampier, Voyages, I. 481. 
For present Joys are more to flesh and blood 
Than a dull prospect of a distant good. 
Drydrn. Hind and Panther, ill. 3K>. 
Without any reasonable hope or propped of enjoying 
them. Bp. Attcrbury, On Mat. xxvll. 25. 
I came down as soon as I thought there was a prospect 
of breakfast. Charlotte Krnntf, Jane Eyre, xxxvii. 
Over and over again did he |Celllnl| ruin excellent pros- 
pects by some piece of madcap folly. 
Fortnightly lite., N. a, XL. 75. 
10. In mining, any appearance, especially a 
surface appearance, which seems to indicate a 
chance for successful mining. Sometimes used as 
a synonym of color In panning out auriferous sand, or 
more often for the entire amount of metal obtained in 
panning or vanning. 
11. In her., a view of any sort used as a bear- 
ing: as, the proxpeet of a ruined temple. = 8yn. 
1-3. Scene, Landscape, etc. See view, n.9. Promise, pre- 
sumption, hope. 
prospector, See prospector. 
prospection (pro-spek'shon), n. [< prospect + 
-ion.'] The act of looking forward, or of pro- 
viding for future wants; providence. 
What does all this prove, but that the pntpection, which 
must be somewhere, is not in the animal, but in the Crea- 
tor? Paiey, Nat Theol., iviii 
prospective (pro-spek'tiv), a. and n. [< ME. 
jiroxpectifre, n., < OF. pr<m}iccti/, a. (as a noun, 
, f.), = It. profptttfof, < LL. />/<>- 
ts, pertaining to a prospect or to look ing 
forward, ^ L. prox/iicere, pp. prnxpfrlHx, lock 
forward, look into the distance: see prospect.'] 
I. . If. Suitable for viewing at a distance; 
perspective. 
In time's long anil dark prmrpfctiiv glass 
Foresaw what future days should bring to pass. 
Apis Vacation Kxerclse. 1. 71. 
This is the pro*i- ' ilir Christian, by wliich 
he can see from earth to heaven. 
Boiler, Saints' Best, IT. H. 
prosper 
2. 1 .1 inking forward in time ; characterized by 
foresight; of things, having reference to the 
future. 
I in- French king and king of Sweden are circumspect, 
industrious, and pratpectite too In this affair. .<*> J. Child. 
A large, liberal, and pratpectire view of the interest! of 
states. Burke, A Regicide Peace. 
Nothing could have been more proper than to pass a 
pnapectioc statute tying up In strict entail the little which 
still remained of the Crown property. 
Macaulay, Hist. Eng., xxlll. 
3. Being in prospect or expectation; looked 
forward to; expected: an, prospective advan- 
tages ; a iiroxpectire appointment. 
II. . 1. Outlook; prospect; view. 
A quarter past eleven, and ne'er a nymph in protpcc- 
tice. Ii. Jonton, Cynthia s Revels, II. 1. 
Men, standing according to the protpectice of their own 
humour, seem to see the self same things to appear other* 
wise to them than either they do to other, or are Indeed 
In themselves. Daniel, Defence of Rhyme. 
The reports of millions In ore, and millions in prvtprc- 
tint. lliatvH Traveller, Jan. 24, 1880. 
2t. The future scene of action. 
Howsoever, the whole scene of affairs was changed from 
Spain to France ; there now lay the pmupectiw. 
Sir 11. H'otttm, Rellquiie, p. 219. 
3t. A perspective glass ; a telescope. 
They speken of Alocen and Vltnlon, 
And Aristotle, that wrlten In her lyvea 
Of queynte mlrours and of pmptetyea. 
Chaucer, Squire's Tale, 1. 22*. 
It Is a ridiculous thing, and lit for a satire to persons of 
judgment, to see what shifts these formalists nave, and 
what prospective* to make superficies to seem body that 
hath depth and bulk. Bacon, Seeming Wise (ed. 1887). 
What doth that glass present before thine eye? . . . 
And Is this all? doth thy prospective please 
'Hi' abused fancy with no shapes but these? 
ijMirlft. Emblems, 11L 14. 
4t. A lookout ; a watch. 
Be iliei placd 
A prospective vpon the top o* th' mast, . . . 
And straight give notice when he doth deacrie 
The force anil dimming of the enemle. 
Time* Whutle (E. E. T. S.X P- 145. 
5. Ill her., perspective: as, a pavement paly 
barry in proniu-etire. 
prospectively (pro-spek'tiv-li), rf. [< pro- 
xjM'ctire + -/#-.] In a prospective manner; with 
reference to the future. 
prospectiveness (pro-spek'tiv-nes), . [< pro- 
Kpcctive + -MPAW.] "fhe state of being prospec- 
tive; the act or habit of regarding the future; 
foresight. 
If we did not already possess the idea of design, we 
could not recognize contrivance and prttspectioenett in such 
instances as we have referred to. WhevfU. 
prospectivewlse (pro-spek'tiv-wiz), iidr. In 
her., in prospective. See proxpectire, 5. 
prospector, prospecter (pros'pek-tor, -ter), . 
[< proxpeet 4- -ofl, -cr 1 .] In mining,, one who 
explores or searches for valuable minerals or 
ores of any kind as preliminary to regular or 
continuous operations. Compare foxxicker. 
A large number of prospectors have crossed over the di- 
vide to the British head waters of the Yukon, In search of 
the rich diggings found by a lucky few last year. 
Science, VIII. 179. 
On all diggings there Is a class of men, impatient of steady 
constant lalxmr, who devote themselves to the exploring 
of hitherto unworked and untrodden ground : these men 
are distinguished by the name of prospectors. 
A. C. Grant, Bush Life In Queensland, II. 253. 
prospectus (pro-spek'tus), H. [< L. prospectux, 
a lookout, prospect: see proxpeet.] A printed 
sketch or plan issued for the purpose of making 
known the chief features of some proposed en- 
terprise. A prospectus may announce the subject and 
{>lan of a literary work, and the manner and terms of pub- 
Icatlon, etc., or the proposals of a new company, joint- 
stock association, or other undertaking. 
prosper (pros'per), r. [< F. jirosperer = Sp. 
Pg. prosperar = It. prosperare, < li.progperare, 
cause to succeed, render happy, < prosper, pros- 
iiertui, favorable, fortunate: see prosperous.] 
. in trans. 1. To be prosperous or successful ; 
succeed; thrive; advance or improve in any 
good thing: said of persons. 
They, in their earthly Canaan placed, 
Long time shall dwell and prosper. 
MOton, P. L., xll. 316. 
Enoch . . . so prosper'd that at hut 
A luckier or a bolder fisherman, 
A carefuller In peril, did not breathe. 
Tennyson, Enoch Arden. 
2. To be in a successful state; turn out for- 
tunately <>r happily: said of affairs, business, 
and the like. 
The Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand. 
Gen. 
All things do prosper best when they are advanced to the 
In 'tt-r : a nursery of stocks ought to be in a more barren 
.round than that whereunto you remove them. Bacon. 
