Definition of prime

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Prime (a.) First in order of time; original; primeval; primitive; primary.

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Principal :: Principal (n.) A thing of chief or prime importance; something fundamental or especially conspicuous.
Primer :: Primer (a.) First; original; primary.
Load :: Load (v.) The work done by a steam engine or other prime mover when working.
Prime :: Prime (a.) Early; blooming; being in the first stage.
Imprimery :: Imprimery (n.) The art of printing.
Primer :: Primer (n.) A kind of type, of which there are two species; one, called long primer, intermediate in size between bourgeois and small pica [see Long primer]; the other, called great primer, larger than pica..
Primrose :: Primrose (a.) An early flowering plant of the genus Primula (P. vulgaris) closely allied to the cowslip. There are several varieties, as the white-, the red-, the yellow-flowered, etc. Formerly called also primerole, primerolles..
A B C :: A B C () A primer for teaching the alphabet and first elements of reading.
Gastraea :: Gastraea (n.) A primeval larval form; a double-walled sac from which, according to the hypothesis of Haeckel, man and all other animals, that in the first stages of their individual evolution pass through a two-layered structural stage, or gastrula form, must have descended. This idea constitutes the Gastraea theory of Haeckel. See Gastrula..
Unessential :: Unessential (a.) Not essential; not of prime importance; not indispensable; unimportant.
Prime :: Prime (a.) To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to post; to coach; as, to prime a witness; the boys are primed for mischief..
Prime :: Prime (a.) Marked or distinguished by a mark (') called a prime mark.
Tube :: Tube (n.) A priming tube, or friction primer. See under Priming, and Friction..
Prime :: Prime (a.) First in order of time; original; primeval; primitive; primary.
Prime :: Prime (a.) First in rank, degree, dignity, authority, or importance; as, prime minister..
Prime :: Prime (n.) That which is first in quantity; the most excellent portion; the best part.
Premier :: Premier (n.) The first minister of state; the prime minister.
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..
Prime :: Prime (a.) To mark with a prime mark.
Efficient :: Efficient (n.) An efficient cause; a prime mover.
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