Index of English words, starting with "pr"

(1) - Prosecute (v. i.) To institute and carry on a legal prosecution; as, to prosecute for public offenses.
(2) - Prosecute (v. i.) To follow after.
(3) - Prosecute (v. t.) To pursue with the intention of punishing; to accuse of some crime or breach of law, or to pursue for redress or punishment, before a legal tribunal; to proceed against judicially; as, to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot.
(4) - Prosecute (v. t.) To seek to obtain by legal process; as, to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law.
(5) - Prosecute (v. t.) To follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue; as, to prosecute a scheme, hope, or claim.

(1) - Prosecution (n.) The party by whom criminal proceedings are instituted.
(2) - Prosecution (n.) The institution, or commencement, and continuance of a criminal suit; the process of exhibiting formal charges against an offender before a legal tribunal, and pursuing them to final judgment on behalf of the state or government, as by indictment or information.
(3) - Prosecution (n.) The institution and carrying on of a suit in a court of law or equity, to obtain some right, or to redress and punish some wrong; the carrying on of a judicial proceeding in behalf of a complaining party, as distinguished from defense.
(4) - Prosecution (n.) The act or process of prosecuting, or of endeavoring to gain or accomplish something; pursuit by efforts of body or mind; as, the prosecution of a scheme, plan, design, or undertaking; the prosecution of war.

(1) - Prosecutor (n.) The person who institutes and carries on a criminal suit against another in the name of the government.
(2) - Prosecutor (n.) One who prosecutes or carries on any purpose, plan, or business.

(1) - Proselyte (v. t.) To convert to some religion, opinion, or system; to bring over.
(2) - Proselyte (n.) A new convert especially a convert to some religion or religious sect, or to some particular opinion, system, or party; thus, a Gentile converted to Judaism, or a pagan converted to Christianity, is a proselyte.

(1) - Proselytism (n.) Conversion to a religion, system, or party.
(2) - Proselytism (n.) The act or practice of proselyting; the making of converts to a religion or a religious sect, or to any opinion, system, or party.