Definition of prime

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Prime (a.) First in excellence; of highest quality; as, prime wheat; a prime quality of cloth..

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Pristine :: Pristine (a.) Belonging to the earliest period or state; original; primitive; primeval; as, the pristine state of innocence; the pristine manners of a people; pristine vigor..
Prime :: Prime (v. i.) To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes water to become mixed with, and be carried along with, the steam that is formed; -- said of a steam boiler..
Principal :: Principal (n.) A thing of chief or prime importance; something fundamental or especially conspicuous.
Primeval :: Primeval (a.) Belonging to the first ages; pristine; original; primitive; primary; as, the primeval innocence of man..
Primeness :: Primeness (n.) The quality or state of being prime, or excellent..
Advance :: Advance (v.) An addition to the price; rise in price or value; as, an advance on the prime cost of goods..
Prime :: Prime (a.) To mark with a prime mark.
Prime :: Prime (n.) The first part; the earliest stage; the beginning or opening, as of the day, the year, etc.; hence, the dawn; the spring..
Prime :: Prime (v. i.) To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
Primacy :: Primacy (a.) The state or condition of being prime or first, as in time, place, rank, etc., hence, excellency; supremacy..
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..
Imprimery :: Imprimery (n.) A printing establishment.
Prime :: Prime (a.) To trim or prune, as trees..
Incindental :: Incindental (a.) Happening, as an occasional event, without regularity; coming without design; casual; accidental; hence, not of prime concern; subordinate; collateral; as, an incidental conversation; an incidental occurrence; incidental expenses..
Second :: Second (a.) In the duodecimal system of mensuration, the twelfth part of an inch or prime; a line. See Inch, and Prime, n., 8..
Premier :: Premier (n.) The first minister of state; the prime minister.
Bourgeois :: Bourgeois (n.) A size of type between long primer and brevier. See Type.
A B C :: A B C () A primer for teaching the alphabet and first elements of reading.
Gastraea :: Gastraea (n.) A primeval larval form; a double-walled sac from which, according to the hypothesis of Haeckel, man and all other animals, that in the first stages of their individual evolution pass through a two-layered structural stage, or gastrula form, must have descended. This idea constitutes the Gastraea theory of Haeckel. See Gastrula..
Prime :: Prime (a.) To lay the first color, coating, or preparation upon (a surface), as in painting; as, to prime a canvas, a wall..
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