3. (Zoöl.) (a) A sharp projection, as of an antler. (b) The fang of a tooth.
Prongbuck
(Prong"buck`) n. (Zoöl.) (a) The springbuck. (b) The pronghorn.
Pronged
(Pronged) a. Having prongs or projections like the tines of a fork; as, a three-pronged fork.
Prong-hoe
(Prong"-hoe`) n. A hoe with prongs to break the earth.
Pronghorn
(Prong"horn`) n. (Zoöl.) An American antelope native of the plain near the Rocky Mountains.
The upper parts are mostly yellowish brown; the under parts, the sides of the head and throat, and the
buttocks, are white. The horny sheath of the horns is shed annually. Called also cabrée, cabut, prongbuck,
and pronghorned antelope.
Pronity
(Pro"ni*ty) n. [L. pronitas.] Proneness; propensity. [R.] Dr. H. More.
Pronominal
(Pro*nom"i*nal) a. [L. pronominalis: cf. F. pronominal. See Pronoun.] Belonging to, or
partaking of the nature of, a pronoun.
Pronominalize
(Pro*nom"i*nal*ize) v. t. To give the effect of a pronoun to; as, to pronominalize the
substantives person, people, etc. Early.
Pronominally
(Pro*nom"i*nal*ly), adv. In a pronominal manner with the nature or office of a pronoun; as
a pronoun.
Prononcé
(||Pro`non`cé") a. [F. See Pronounce.] Strongly marked; decided, as in manners, etc.
Pronotary
(Pro*no"ta*ry) n. See Prothonotary.
Pronotum
(||Pro*no"tum) n.; pl. Pronota [NL. See Pro-, and Notum.] (Zoöl.) The dorsal plate of the
prothorax in insects. See Illust. of Coleoptera.
Pronoun
(Pro"noun) n. [Pref. pro- + noun: cf. F. pronom, L. pronomen. See Noun.] (Gram.) A
word used instead of a noun or name, to avoid the repetition of it. The personal pronouns in English
are I, thou or you, he, she, it, we, ye, and they.
Pronounce
(Pro*nounce") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pronounced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Pronounging ] [F. prononcer,
L. pronunciare; pro before, forth + nunciare, nuntiare, to announce. See Announce.]
1. To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper
sound and accent as, adults rarely learn to pronounce a foreign language correctly.
2. To utter officially or solemnly; to deliver, as a decree or sentence; as, to pronounce sentence of death.
Sternly he pronounced
The rigid interdiction.
Milton. 3. To speak or utter rhetorically; to deliver; to recite; as, to pronounce an oration.
Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you.
Shak. 4. To declare or affirm; as, he pronounced the book to be a libel; he pronounced the act to be a fraud.
The God who hallowed thee and blessed,
Pronouncing thee all good.
Keble. Syn. — To deliver; utter; speak. See Deliver.
Pronounce
(Pro*nounce"), v. i.
