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preshume, presume,
presume [prəˈʃum]
v. To presume.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
presumption: Presumption.
pirty, pratty, prettie, pretty, pritty, protty, purtie, purty,
pretty [ˈprɛtɪ]
also U. NN.a. purty [ˈpʌrtɪ]
adj. Pretty, fine, gallant, buxom. Mean, petty.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
prettily: Prettily.
preveen, prevene,
prevene [ˈprəvin]
v. To forestall, to ward off or prevent by anticipatory action.
price, pricey, pricie,
price [prəis]
n. Price.
v. To price.
 
pricey
adj. Expensive.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
upset price: The lowest acceptable price at an auction.
preidfih, pride, pridefo, pridefu, prydefu,
pride [prəid]
n. Pride.
v. To take pride in. To feel proud of, be or become proud.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
pridefu [-fə S. -fɛ, -fɪ, EC. -fe, WC. -fɑ, N. -fɛ, U. I. -fu]: Snobbish, arrogant.
preesht, preest, priest, priest$s_rung, priestheid, priesthood, priestie,
priest [prist]
n. A priest. col. A small club for killing salmon.
dim. priestie
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
priestheid [-hid]: The priestly order. The priests or clergy collectively.
priest's rung: WC. The wild arum or cuckoo-pint Arum maculatum
preeg, prig, prigg, prigg$t, prigged, priggin, priggin$, priggit,
prig [prɪg]
n. The act of bargaining, a haggle.
v. To haggle over the price of a commodity, to bargain. With doun: to beat down the price of an article by bargaining. With at or wi a person for a thing: to plead, be importunate with a person for something. To beseech, entreat or importune someone.
pt. pp. priggit
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
priggin [ˈprɪgɪn]: Haggling.
prime, primest, pryme, prymest,
prime [prəim]
adv. Prime. Very well, excellently.
adj. Ready, prepared, eager.
superl. primest The most prime.
v. To fill, stuff, load, charge.
primp, primped, primpet, primpie, primpit, primpy, primsie, primsy,
primp [prɪmp]
n. A person of stiff, affected manner.
adj. Fastidious, straight-laced, prim, haughty, conceited.
v. To make prim and over-neat, to arrange or do up in a stiff, affected way, to dress or deck out in a consciously correct style. To behave or talk in a mincing or affected style.
pt. pp. primpit adj. Stiff, formal, over-elaborate, correct.
 
primpy
adj. Affected in dress and manner.
 
primsie [ˈprɪmzi]
adj. Precise, affected.
pimrose, plumrock, plumrose, primrose, prumrose, pumrose,
primrose [ˈp(r)ɪmroːz, ˈp(r)ʌm-, plʌm-]
n. The primrose Primula vulgaris.

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