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PORTREEVE, n. [L. portus, a port.] Formerly, the chief magistrate of a port or m...
PORTRESS PORTREVE, n. [The modern orthography of portgreve, which see.] The chie...
POR'WIGLE, n. A tadpole; a young frog. [Not used.]
PORY, a. [from pore.] Full of pores or small interstices.
POSE, n. s as z. [See The Verb.] In heraldry, a lion, horse or other beast stand...
PO'SED, pp. Puzzled; put to a stand; interrogated closely.
PO'SER, n. One that puzzles by asking difficult questions; a close examiner.
PO'SING, ppr. Puzzling; putting to a stand; questioning closely.
POS'ITED, a. [L. positus, from pono, to put; probably however, pono is a differe...
POSI'TION, n. [L. positio, form positus. See Pose and Posited.] 1. State of bein...
POSI'TIONAL, a. Respecting position. [Not used.]
POS'ITIVE, a. [Low L. positivus.] 1. Properly, set; laid down; expressed; direct...
POS'ITIVELY, adv. Absolutely; by itself, independent of any thing else; not comp...
POS'ITIVENESS, n. Actualness; reality of existence; not mere negation. The posit...
POSITIV'ITY, n. Peremptoriness. [Not used.]
POSITURE, for posture, is not in use. [See Posture .]