Definitions of prime
a. - Divisible by no number except itself or unity; as, 7 is a prime number.
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a. - Having no common factor; -- used with to; as, 12 is prime to 25.
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a. - First in order of time; original; primeval; primitive; primary.
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a. - First in rank, degree, dignity, authority, or importance; as, prime minister.
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a. - First in excellence; of highest quality; as, prime wheat; a prime quality of cloth.
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a. - Early; blooming; being in the first stage.
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a. - Lecherous; lustful; lewd.
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a. - Marked or distinguished by a mark (') called a prime mark.
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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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n. - The spring of life; youth; hence, full health, strength, or beauty; perfection.
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n. - That which is first in quantity; the most excellent portion; the best part.
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a. - The morning; specifically (R. C. Ch.), the first canonical hour, succeeding to lauds.
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a. - The first of the chief guards.
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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.
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a. - A prime number. See under Prime, a.
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a. - An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system; -- denoted by [']. See 2d Inch, n., 1.
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a. - To apply priming to, as a musket or a cannon; to apply a primer to, as a metallic cartridge.
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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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a. - To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to post; to coach; as, to prime a witness; the boys are primed for mischief.
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a. - To trim or prune, as trees.
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a. - To mark with a prime mark.
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v. i. - To be renewed, or as at first.
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v. i. - To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
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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.
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The word "prime" uses 5 letters: E I M P R.
No direct anagrams for prime found in this word list.
Words formed by adding one letter before or after prime (in bold), or to eimpr in any order:
d - primed e - empire epimer premie j - jimper l - limper prelim rimple o - mopier r - primer s - primes simper spirem t - permit u - impure umpire x - premix
Shorter words found within prime:
em emir er imp ire me mi mir mire pe per peri perm pi pie pier prim re rei rem rep rim rime rip ripe
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