Definition of prim

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Prim (v. t.) To deck with great nicety; to arrange with affected preciseness; to prink.

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Proto- :: Proto- () A combining form prefix signifying first, primary, primordial; as, protomartyr, the first martyr; protomorphic, primitive in form; protoplast, a primordial organism; prototype, protozoan..
Archiblastula :: Archiblastula (n.) A hollow blastula, supposed to be the primitive form; a c/loblastula..
Surety :: Surety (n.) One who is bound with and for another who is primarily liable, and who is called the principal; one who engages to answer for another's appearance in court, or for his payment of a debt, or for performance of some act; a bondsman; a bail..
Hetarism :: Hetarism (n.) A supposed primitive state of society, in which all the women of a tribe were held in common..
Primogenial :: Primogenial (a.) First born, made, or generated; original; primary; elemental; as, primogenial light..
Second :: Second (a.) In the duodecimal system of mensuration, the twelfth part of an inch or prime; a line. See Inch, and Prime, n., 8..
Buansuah :: Buansuah (n.) The wild dog of northern India (Cuon primaevus), supposed by some to be an ancestral species of the domestic dog..
Elemental :: Elemental (a.) Pertaining to the elements, first principles, and primary ingredients, or to the four supposed elements of the material world; as, elemental air..
Radically :: Radically (adv.) Without derivation; primitively; essentially.
Oxlip :: Oxlip (n.) The great cowslip (Primula veris, var. elatior)..
Primipara :: Primipara (n.) A woman who bears a child for the first time.
Primary :: Primary (a.) First in order of time or development or in intention; primitive; fundamental; original.
Mazarine :: Mazarine (a.) Of or pertaining to Cardinal Mazarin, prime minister of France, 1643-1661..
Diminutive :: Diminutive (n.) A derivative from a noun, denoting a small or a young object of the same kind with that denoted by the primitive; as, gosling, eaglet, lambkin..
Wide :: Wide (superl.) Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the mouth organs; -- opposed to primary as used by Mr. Bell, and to narrow as used by Mr. Sweet. The effect, as explained by Mr. Bell, is due to the relaxation or tension of the pharynx; as explained by Mr. Sweet and others, it is due to the action of the tongue. The wide of / (/ve) is / (/ll); of a (ate) is / (/nd), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 13-15..
Tartramic :: Tartramic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is the primary acid amide derivative of tartaric acid..
Declination :: Declination (n.) The arc of the horizon, contained between the vertical plane and the prime vertical circle, if reckoned from the east or west, or between the meridian and the plane, reckoned from the north or south..
Primordial :: Primordial (n.) A first principle or element.
Fontal :: Fontal (a.) Pertaining to a font, fountain, source, or origin; original; primitive..
Primordialism :: Primordialism (n.) Devotion to, or persistence in, conditions of the primordial state..
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