Definition of prime

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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..

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Prime :: Prime (a.) First in excellence; of highest quality; as, prime wheat; a prime quality of cloth..
Prime :: Prime (a.) First in rank, degree, dignity, authority, or importance; as, prime minister..
Paragon :: Paragon (n.) A size of type between great primer and double pica. See the Note under Type.
Prime :: Prime (a.) First in order of time; original; primeval; primitive; primary.
Prime :: Prime (#) Donne (#) (pl. ) of Prima donn.
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..
Deflour :: Deflour (v. t.) To take away the prime beauty and grace of; to rob of the choicest ornament.
Imprimery :: Imprimery (n.) A print; impression.
Primeness :: Primeness (n.) The quality or state of being first.
Premier :: Premier (n.) The first minister of state; the prime minister.
Horse Power :: Horse power () A unit of power, used in stating the power required to drive machinery, and in estimating the capabilities of animals or steam engines and other prime movers for doing work. It is the power required for the performance of work at the rate of 33,000 English units of work per minute; hence, it is the power that must be exerted in lifting 33,000 pounds at the rate of one foot per minute, or 550 pounds at the rate of one foot per second, or 55 pounds at the rate of ten feet per second
Primitive :: Primitive (a.) Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first; as, primitive innocence; the primitive church..
Primer :: Primer (n.) One who, or that which, primes.
Primy :: Primy (a.) Being in its prime.
A B C :: A B C () A primer for teaching the alphabet and first elements of reading.
Prime :: Prime (a.) To lay the first color, coating, or preparation upon (a surface), as in painting; as, to prime a canvas, a wall..
Prime :: Prime (a.) To mark with a prime mark.
Imprimery :: Imprimery (n.) A printing establishment.
Prime :: Prime (a.) The morning; specifically (R. C. Ch.), the first canonical hour, succeeding to lauds..
Primeval :: Primeval (a.) Belonging to the first ages; pristine; original; primitive; primary; as, the primeval innocence of man..
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