Definition of prim

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Prim (v. i.) To dress or act smartly.

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Primeness :: Primeness (n.) The quality or state of being first.
Primitive :: Primitive (n.) An original or primary word; a word not derived from another; -- opposed to derivative.
Henotheism :: Henotheism (n.) Primitive religion in which each of several divinities is regarded as independent, and is worshiped without reference to the rest..
Pinnacle :: Pinnacle (n.) An architectural member, upright, and generally ending in a small spire, -- used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire, and the like. Pinnacles may be considered primarily as added weight, where it is necessary to resist the thrust of an arch, etc..
Paradoxides :: Paradoxides (n.) A genus of large trilobites characteristic of the primordial formations.
Primitively :: Primitively (adv.) According to the original rule or ancient practice; in the ancient style.
Primordial :: Primordial (a.) Originally or earliest formed in the growth of an individual or organ; as, a primordial leaf; a primordial cell..
Pristinate :: Pristinate (a.) Pristine; primitive.
Primulaceous :: Primulaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to an order of herbaceous plants (Primulaceae), of which the primrose is the type, and the pimpernel, the cyclamen, and the water violet are other examples..
Prime :: Prime (a.) To trim or prune, as trees..
Efficient :: Efficient (n.) An efficient cause; a prime mover.
Matchlock :: Matchlock (n.) An old form of gunlock containing a match for firing the priming; hence, a musket fired by means of a match..
Proembryo :: Proembryo (n.) The primary growth from the spore in certain cryptogamous plants; as, the proembryo, or protonema, of mosses..
Firelock :: Firelock (n.) An old form of gunlock, as the flintlock, which ignites the priming by a spark; perhaps originally, a matchlock. Hence, a gun having such a lock..
Diploblastic :: Diploblastic (a.) Characterizing the ovum when it has two primary germinal layers.
Etymology :: Etymology (n.) That branch of philological science which treats of the history of words, tracing out their origin, primitive significance, and changes of form and meaning..
Diminutive :: Diminutive (n.) A derivative from a noun, denoting a small or a young object of the same kind with that denoted by the primitive; as, gosling, eaglet, lambkin..
Primeness :: Primeness (n.) The quality or state of being prime, or excellent..
English :: English (n.) A kind of printing type, in size between Pica and Great Primer. See Type..
Anthropoidea :: Anthropoidea (n. pl.) The suborder of primates which includes the monkeys, apes, and man..
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