Definition of prime

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Prime (a.) To apply priming to, as a musket or a cannon; to apply a primer to, as a metallic cartridge..

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Prime :: Prime (a.) Marked or distinguished by a mark (') called a prime mark.
Long Primer :: Long primer () A kind of type, in size between small pica and bourgeois..
Primely :: Primely (adv.) At first; primarily.
Primy :: Primy (a.) Being in its prime.
Absey-book :: Absey-book (n.) An A-B-C book; a primer.
Mazarine :: Mazarine (a.) Of or pertaining to Cardinal Mazarin, prime minister of France, 1643-1661..
Prime :: Prime (v. i.) To be renewed, or as at first..
Prime :: Prime (a.) First in rank, degree, dignity, authority, or importance; as, prime minister..
Prime :: Prime (a.) First in order of time; original; primeval; primitive; primary.
Prime :: Prime (#) Donne (#) (pl. ) of Prima donn.
Primacy :: Primacy (a.) The state or condition of being prime or first, as in time, place, rank, etc., hence, excellency; supremacy..
Prime :: Prime (a.) First in excellence; of highest quality; as, prime wheat; a prime quality of cloth..
Passee :: Passee (a.) Past; gone by; hence, past one's prime; worn; faded; as, a passee belle..
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..
Premier :: Premier (n.) The first minister of state; the prime minister.
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.
Paragon :: Paragon (n.) A size of type between great primer and double pica. See the Note under Type.
Prime :: Prime (a.) The first of the chief guards.
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..
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..
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