Definition of prime

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Prime (a.) First in rank, degree, dignity, authority, or importance; as, prime minister..

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Pride :: Pride (n.) Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory; as, to be in the pride of one's life..
Primeness :: Primeness (n.) The quality or state of being first.
Primer :: Primer (n.) an instrument or device for priming; esp., a cap, tube, or water containing percussion powder or other compound for igniting a charge of gunpowder..
Prime :: Prime (a.) To lay the first color, coating, or preparation upon (a surface), as in painting; as, to prime a canvas, a wall..
Principal :: Principal (n.) A thing of chief or prime importance; something fundamental or especially conspicuous.
Tube :: Tube (n.) A priming tube, or friction primer. See under Priming, and Friction..
Prime :: Prime (a.) Early; blooming; being in the first stage.
Prime :: Prime (a.) First in order of time; original; primeval; primitive; primary.
Motor :: Motor (n.) A prime mover; a machine by means of which a source of power, as steam, moving water, electricity, etc., is made available for doing mechanical work..
Primitive :: Primitive (a.) Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first; as, primitive innocence; the primitive church..
Primer :: Primer (n.) Originally, a small prayer book for church service, containing the little office of the Virgin Mary; also, a work of elementary religious instruction..
Absey-book :: Absey-book (n.) An A-B-C book; a primer.
Declination :: Declination (n.) The arc of the horizon, contained between the vertical plane and the prime vertical circle, if reckoned from the east or west, or between the meridian and the plane, reckoned from the north or south..
Primacy :: Primacy (a.) The state or condition of being prime or first, as in time, place, rank, etc., hence, excellency; supremacy..
Primer :: Primer (n.) One who, or that which, primes.
Primerole :: Primerole (n.) See Primrose.
Passee :: Passee (a.) Past; gone by; hence, past one's prime; worn; faded; as, a passee belle..
Depriment :: Depriment (a.) Serving to depress.
Paragon :: Paragon (n.) A size of type between great primer and double pica. See the Note under Type.
Load :: Load (v.) The work done by a steam engine or other prime mover when working.
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