Index of English words, starting with "pr"

(1) - Probang (n.) A slender elastic rod, as of whalebone, with a sponge on the end, for removing obstructions from the esophagus, etc.

(1) - Probate (v. t.) To obtain the official approval of, as of an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament; as, the executor has probated the will.
(2) - Probate (a.) Of or belonging to a probate, or court of probate; as, a probate record.
(3) - Probate (n.) The right or jurisdiction of proving wills.
(4) - Probate (n.) Official proof; especially, the proof before a competent officer or tribunal that an instrument offered, purporting to be the last will and testament of a person deceased, is indeed his lawful act; the copy of a will proved, under the seal of the Court of Probate, delivered to the executors with a certificate of its having been proved.
(5) - Probate (n.) Proof.

(1) - Probation (n.) Moral trial; the state of man in the present life, in which he has the opportunity of proving his character, and becoming qualified for a happier state.
(2) - Probation (n.) The trial of a ministerial candidate's qualifications prior to his ordination, or to his settlement as a pastor.
(3) - Probation (n.) The novitiate which a person must pass in a convent, to probe his or her virtue and ability to bear the severities of the rule.
(4) - Probation (n.) Any proceeding designed to ascertain truth, to determine character, qualification, etc.; examination; trial; as, to engage a person on probation.
(5) - Probation (n.) The act of proving; also, that which proves anything; proof.

(1) - Probational (a.) Probationary.