Definition of prime

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Prime (a.) First in rank, degree, dignity, authority, or importance; as, prime minister..

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Diurnal :: Diurnal (a.) A small volume containing the daily service for the little hours, viz., prime, tierce, sext, nones, vespers, and compline..
Primer :: Primer (n.) One who, or that which, primes.
Principal :: Principal (n.) A thing of chief or prime importance; something fundamental or especially conspicuous.
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..
A B C :: A B C () A primer for teaching the alphabet and first elements of reading.
Primer :: Primer (n.) A small elementary book for teaching children to read; a reading or spelling book for a beginner.
Recapper :: Recapper (n.) A tool used for applying a fresh percussion cap or primer to a cartridge shell in reloading it.
Prime :: Prime (n.) The first part; the earliest stage; the beginning or opening, as of the day, the year, etc.; hence, the dawn; the spring..
Paragon :: Paragon (n.) A size of type between great primer and double pica. See the Note under Type.
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..
Prime :: Prime (a.) Lecherous; lustful; lewd.
Primed :: Primed (imp. & p. p.) of Prim.
Prime :: Prime (#) Donne (#) (pl. ) of Prima donn.
Primerole :: Primerole (n.) See Primrose.
Pride :: Pride (n.) Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory; as, to be in the pride of one's life..
Prime :: Prime (a.) To lay the first color, coating, or preparation upon (a surface), as in painting; as, to prime a canvas, a wall..
Premier :: Premier (n.) The first minister of state; the prime minister.
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..
Ogygian :: Ogygian (a.) Of or pertaining to Ogyges, a mythical king of ancient Attica, or to a great deluge in Attica in his days; hence, primeval; of obscure antiquity..
Advance :: Advance (v.) An addition to the price; rise in price or value; as, an advance on the prime cost of goods..
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