This page gathers the 10,476 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “Obsolete” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry. Page 72 of 105: from “poss” to “prepossess”.
- poss verb To push; to dash; to throw.
- possess verb To give (someone) information or knowledge; to acquaint, to inform.
- possession verb To invest with property.
- possessioner noun A possessor; a holder of property.
- posset verb To curdle; to turn, as milk; to coagulate.
- possibility noun Capability, power or capacity to act.
- post noun The doorpost of a victualler's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
- post mortem noun At Cambridge, a second examination for those who were "plucked" or failed in the first.
- post-captain noun A captain of the 18th or 19th-century Royal Navy in command of a vessel, with his subsequent promotions almost always determined by…
- post-fine noun A duty paid to the king by the cognizee in a fine of lands, when the same was fully passed; the king's silver.
- postdate adj Postdated; made or done after the date assigned.
- postern adj Situated at the rear; posterior.
- posthouse noun A building for distributing mail; a post office.
- postilion noun A post-boy, a messenger boy, a swift letter carrier.
- postpone verb To place after in order; to deem less important.
- postponence noun The act of deeming less important or of a lower rank.
- postpose verb To postpone.
- postulate verb To request, demand or claim for oneself.
- postulation noun The act of claiming for oneself; solicitation.
- pot verb To tipple; to drink.
- potager noun A porringer.
- potass noun Obsolete form of potash.
- potato noun A sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas).
- potato bean noun A tuberous excrescence at the base of a potato stem.
- potator noun A drinker.
- potch verb To thrust.
- pote verb To push, thrust.
- potent noun A prince; a potentate.
- potentate adj Regnant, powerful, dominant.
- potentially adv Powerfully, strongly.
- potestative adj authoritative
- potgun noun A pot-shaped cannon; a mortar.
- pothead noun A stupid individual; a fool.
- potion verb To drug (someone).
- potluck noun The last draft or portion of an alcoholic beverage in a pot or other drinking vessel.
- potshot adj Drunk.
- pottager noun An assistant cook who made soups or stews.
- potter verb To poke repeatedly.
- potulent adj Fit to drink; potable.
- pouch verb To pout.
- pough noun A bag.
- poupeton noun A puppet.
- powder verb To sprinkle with salt; to corn, as meat.
- powdered adj Sprinkled with salt; salted; corned.
- powdering tub noun A heated tub for the treatment of venereal disease by sweating.
- power wheel noun A kind of gear in a gun or torpedo mount.
- powerable adj Capable of being effected or accomplished by the application of power; possible.
- practic adj Cunning, crafty.
- practisant noun An agent or confederate in treachery.
- practise verb To conspire.
- pragmatic adj Interfering in the affairs of others; officious; meddlesome.
- pragmatism noun The habit of interfering in other people's affairs; meddlesomeness.
- praiser noun An appraiser; a valuator.
- prank noun An evil deed; a malicious trick, an act of cruel deception.
- pranker noun One who dresses in a flashy manner.
- prasine noun A green gem; an emerald.
- prat adj Cunning, astute.
- pratique noun Practice; habits.
- pray verb To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.
- preach noun A religious discourse.
- preambulation noun A walking or going before; precedence.
- preantepenultimate noun Synonym of preantepenult (“the last syllable but three of a word or other utterance; the fourth-to-last syllable”).
- prebend noun A stipend paid to a canon of a cathedral.
- precautionary noun A precaution.
- precedency noun The fact of serving as a precedent.
- precedent noun The aforementioned (thing).
- precept verb To teach (something) by precepts.
- preciosity noun The quality of being precious (of high value or worth).
- precipice noun A headlong fall or descent.
- preconceit noun An opinion or notion formed beforehand; a preconception.
- predation noun The action of attacking or plundering.
- prede verb To prey; to plunder.
- predict noun A prediction.
- prefer verb To put forward for acceptance; to introduce, recommend (to).
- preferment noun The fact of being pushed or advanced to a more favourable situation; furtherance, promotion (of a candidate, action, undertaking etc.).
- preferrer noun A person who advances or promotes someone or something.
- pregage verb To preengage.
- pregenital adj Before birth; prenatal.
- pregnant adj Affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open; prompt.
- pregnantly adv unresistingly; openly; hence, clearly, evidently
- prehend verb To lay hold of; to seize.
- prejudicate adj Prejudiced, biased.
- prejudice noun Knowledge formed in advance; foresight, presaging.
- premises noun The vagina.
- premove verb To promote or endorse.
- prenominate adj aforementioned
- prentice noun An apprentice.
- prenunciative adj announcing beforehand
- preoccupate verb To influence, to occupy (the mind) in advance; to be preoccupied with.
- preoccupied adj Prepossessed; biased.
- preoccupy verb To occupy or take possession of beforehand.
- preominate verb To feel foreboding about; to prophesy.
- preordinate adj preordained
- prepare noun preparation
- prepense verb To weigh or consider beforehand; to intend.
- preponderance noun Greater physical weight.
- preponderate verb To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide.
- prepone verb To place or set (something) before.
- preposition noun A proposition; an exposition; a discourse.
- prepossess verb To cause (someone) to think a certain way.