Definition of prime

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Prime (n.) The first part; the earliest stage; the beginning or opening, as of the day, the year, etc.; hence, the dawn; the spring..

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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..
Premier :: Premier (n.) The first minister of state; the prime minister.
A B C :: A B C () A primer for teaching the alphabet and first elements of reading.
Prime :: Prime (a.) Lecherous; lustful; lewd.
Prime :: Prime (a.) To trim or prune, as trees..
Primer :: Primer (n.) A kind of type, of which there are two species; one, called long primer, intermediate in size between bourgeois and small pica [see Long primer]; the other, called great primer, larger than pica..
Prime :: Prime (a.) Marked or distinguished by a mark (') called a prime mark.
Efficient :: Efficient (n.) An efficient cause; a prime mover.
Hornbook :: Hornbook (n.) The first book for children, or that from which in former times they learned their letters and rudiments; -- so called because a sheet of horn covered the small, thin board of oak, or the slip of paper, on which the alphabet, digits, and often the Lord's Prayer, were written or printed; 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..
Prime :: Prime (a.) Any number expressing the combining weight or equivalent of any particular element; -- so called because these numbers were respectively reduced to their lowest relative terms on the fixed standard of hydrogen as 1.
Prime :: Prime (a.) First in rank, degree, dignity, authority, or importance; as, prime minister..
Deflour :: Deflour (v. t.) To take away the prime beauty and grace of; to rob of the choicest ornament.
Primeness :: Primeness (n.) The quality or state of being prime, or excellent..
Primer :: Primer (n.) One who, or that which, primes.
Imprimery :: Imprimery (n.) The art of printing.
Primero :: Primero (n.) A game at cards, now unknown..
Passee :: Passee (a.) Past; gone by; hence, past one's prime; worn; faded; as, a passee belle..
English :: English (n.) A kind of printing type, in size between Pica and Great Primer. See Type..
Primacy :: Primacy (a.) The state or condition of being prime or first, as in time, place, rank, etc., hence, excellency; supremacy..
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