Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Preparation or readiness, especially for battle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A state of complete readiness for action.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A state of complete
readiness foraction .
Etymologies
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Latin procinctus, from procingere, procinctum, to gird up.
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Examples
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19: Warr he perceav'd, warr in procinct, and found
Paradise Lost (1667) 1667
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Forty-eight years after he himself set forth beyond seas, he passed on to young John Milton "in procinct of his travels," his favourite bit of wisdom, learned from a Roman courtier well versed in the ways of Italy: "I pensieri stretti e il viso sciolto." [
English Travellers of the Renaissance Clare Howard
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In dress, for instance, he sternly banished the purple and gold embroideries, the jewelled arms, and the floating draperies so little in accordance with the-severe character of "_war in procinct_" [Footnote: "_War in procinct_" -- a phrase of
The Caesars Thomas De Quincey 1822
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