Index of English words, starting with "pr"

(1) - Proximately (adv.) In a proximate manner, position, or degree; immediately.

(1) - Proximity (n.) The quality or state of being next in time, place, causation, influence, etc.; immediate nearness, either in place, blood, or alliance.

(1) - Proximo () In the next month after the present; -- often contracted to prox.; as, on the 3d proximo.

(1) - Proxy (v. i.) To act or vote by proxy; to do anything by the agency of another.
(2) - Proxy (n.) See Procuration.
(3) - Proxy (n.) The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts.
(4) - Proxy (n.) A writing by which one person authorizes another to vote in his stead, as in a corporation meeting.
(5) - Proxy (n.) The person who is substituted or deputed to act or vote for another.
(6) - Proxy (n.) The agency for another who acts through the agent; authority to act for another, esp. to vote in a legislative or corporate capacity.