Definition of prime

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Prime (a.) Any number expressing the combining weight or equivalent of any particular element; -- so called because these numbers were respectively reduced to their lowest relative terms on the fixed standard of hydrogen as 1.

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Prime :: Prime (a.) First in excellence; of highest quality; as, prime wheat; a prime quality of cloth..
Prime :: Prime (v. i.) To be renewed, or as at first..
Primero :: Primero (n.) A game at cards, now unknown..
Primerole :: Primerole (n.) See Primrose.
Advance :: Advance (v.) An addition to the price; rise in price or value; as, an advance on the prime cost of goods..
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..
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.
Primely :: Primely (adv.) In a prime manner; excellently.
Prime :: Prime (#) Donne (#) (pl. ) of Prima donn.
Pride :: Pride (n.) Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory; as, to be in the pride of one's life..
Primeval :: Primeval (a.) Belonging to the first ages; pristine; original; primitive; primary; as, the primeval innocence of man..
Absey-book :: Absey-book (n.) An A-B-C book; a primer.
Deflour :: Deflour (v. t.) To take away the prime beauty and grace of; to rob of the choicest ornament.
Prime :: Prime (n.) That which is first in quantity; the most excellent portion; the best part.
Incindental :: Incindental (a.) Happening, as an occasional event, without regularity; coming without design; casual; accidental; hence, not of prime concern; subordinate; collateral; as, an incidental conversation; an incidental occurrence; incidental expenses..
Imprimery :: Imprimery (n.) The art of printing.
Prime :: Prime (a.) First in rank, degree, dignity, authority, or importance; as, prime minister..
Primer :: Primer (n.) Originally, a small prayer book for church service, containing the little office of the Virgin Mary; also, a work of elementary religious instruction..
Prime :: Prime (a.) An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system; -- denoted by [']. See 2d Inch, n., 1..
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