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Peonage
- noun - the condition of a peon
- the practice of making a debtor work for his creditor until the debt is discharged
Phonate
- verb - utter speech sounds
Probate
- noun - a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate
- Confirmation of a will
- establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents)
- put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence
- the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements
Proface
- - Much good may it do you! -- a familiar salutation or welcome.
Profane
- adjective - characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words"
- corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"
- grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred; "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on"
- not concerned with or devoted to religion; "sacred and profane music"; "secular drama"; "secular architecture", "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment"
- not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled
- Swearing
- violate the sacred character of a place or language;
Prolate
- adjective - having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter; "a prolate spheroid is generated by revolving an ellipse about its major axis"
- rounded like an egg
Pronate
- verb - turn the forearm or the hand so that the palm is directed downwards
Propane
- noun - colorless gas found in natural gas and petroleum; used as a fuel
Prorate
- verb - divide or assess proportionally; "The rent was prorated for the rest of the month"
- make a proportional settlement or distribution