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Prebend
- noun - the stipend assigned by a cathedral to a canon
Preened
- verb - clean with one's bill; "The birds preened"
- dress or groom with elaborate care; "She likes to dress when going to the opera"
- pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement
Prehend
- verb - take hold of; grab; "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals"
Prepaid
- adjective - pay for something before receiving it
- used especially of mail; paid in advance
Pressed
- verb - ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
- be urgent; "This is a pressing problem"
- compacted by ironing
- create by pressing; "Press little holes into the soft clay"
- crowd closely; "The crowds pressed along the street"
- exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate"
- exert pressure or force to or upon; "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot"
- force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to finish his studies"
- lift weights; "This guy can press 300 pounds"
- make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby; "`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman"
- place between two surfaces and app
Pretend
- adjective - behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting"
- imagined as in a play; "the make-believe world of theater"; "play money"; "dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish"
- make believe with the intent to deceive;
- put forward a claim and assert right or possession of; "pretend the title of King"
- put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"
- represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress"
- state insincerely; "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine"
- the enactment of a pretense; "it was just pretend"
Pricked
- verb - cause a prickling sensation
- cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin"
- deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday"
- make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn; "The nurse pricked my finger to get a small blood sample"
- raise; "The dog pricked up his ears"
- stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick
- to cause a sharp emotional pain; "The thought of her unhappiness pricked his conscience"