Definition of prop

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Prop (v. t.) To support, or prevent from falling, by placing something under or against; as, to prop up a fence or an old building; (Fig.) to sustain; to maintain; as, to prop a declining state..

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Lubricity :: Lubricity (n.) Lasciviousness; propensity to lewdness; lewdness; lechery; incontinency.
Propionyl :: Propionyl (n.) The hypothetical radical C3H5O, regarded as the essential residue of propionic acid and certain related compounds..
Allowableness :: Allowableness (n.) The quality of being allowable; permissibleness; lawfulness; exemption from prohibition or impropriety.
Replevy :: Replevy (v. t.) To take or get back, by a writ for that purpose (goods and chattels wrongfully taken or detained), upon giving security to try the right to them in a suit at law, and, if that should be determined against the plaintiff, to return the property replevied..
Objector :: Objector (n.) One who objects; one who offers objections to a proposition or measure.
Straggler :: Straggler (n.) One who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course, or from the company to which he belongs; one who falls behind the rest; one who rambles without any settled direction..
Protosulphide :: Protosulphide (n.) That one of a series of sulphides of any element which has the lowest proportion of sulphur; a sulphide with but one atom of sulphur in the molecule.
Propylaea :: Propylaea (pl. ) of Propylaeu.
Business :: Business (n.) The position, distribution, and order of persons and properties on the stage of a theater, as determined by the stage manager in rehearsal..
Bugleweed :: Bugleweed (n.) A plant of the Mint family and genus Lycopus; esp. L. Virginicus, which has mild narcotic and astringent properties, and is sometimes used as a remedy for hemorrhage..
Befitting :: Befitting (a.) Suitable; proper; becoming; fitting.
Prophragma :: Prophragma (n.) An internal dorsal chitinous process between the first two divisions of the thorax of insects.
Promise :: Promise (a.) An engagement by one person to another, either in words or in writing, but properly not under seal, for the performance or nonperformance of some particular thing. The word promise is used to denote the mere engagement of a person, without regard to the consideration for it, or the corresponding duty of the party to whom it is made..
Adhesiveness :: Adhesiveness (n.) Propensity to form and maintain attachments to persons, and to promote social intercourse..
Zamindar :: Zamindar (n.) A landowner; also, a collector of land revenue; now, usually, a kind of feudatory recognized as an actual proprietor so long as he pays to the government a certain fixed revenue..
Easement :: Easement (n.) A liberty, privilege, or advantage, which one proprietor has in the estate of another proprietor, distinct from the ownership of the soil, as a way, water course, etc. It is a species of what the civil law calls servitude..
Unsexual :: Unsexual (a.) Not sexual; not proper or peculiar to one of the sexes.
File :: File (v. t.) To bring before a court or legislative body by presenting proper papers in a regular way; as, to file a petition or bill..
Corollary :: Corollary (n.) Something which follows from the demonstration of a proposition; an additional inference or deduction from a demonstrated proposition; a consequence.
Examine :: Examine (v. t.) To interrogate as in a judicial proceeding; to try or test by question; as, to examine a witness in order to elicit testimony, a student to test his qualifications, a bankrupt touching the state of his property, etc..
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