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Webster 1913 directory

Historical records beginning with P

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12 released Webster 1913 records begin with P.

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noun

People

[OE. peple, people, OF. pueple, F. peuple, fr. L. populus. Cf. Populage, Public, Pueblo.]

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Part

[F. part, L. pars, gen. partis; cf. parere to bring forth, produce. Cf. Parent, Depart, Parcel, Partner, Party, Portion.]

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Place

[Cf. F. placer. See Place, n.]

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Please

[OE. plesen, OF. plaisir, fr. L. placere, akin to placare to reconcile. Cf. Complacent, Placable, Placid, Plea, Plead, Pleasure.]

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Power

[OE. pouer, poer, OF. poeir, pooir, F. pouvoir, n. & v., fr. LL. potere, for L. posse, potesse, to be able, to have power. See Possible, Potent, and cf. Posse comitatus.]

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Public

[L. publicus, poblicus, fr. populus people: cf. F. public. See People.]

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Party

[F. parti divided, fr. partir to divide. See Part, v., and cf. Partite.]

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Possible

[F., fr. L. possibilis, fr. posse to be able, to have power; potis able, capable + esse to be. See Potent, Am, and cf. Host a landlord.]

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Plan

[F., fr. L. planus flat, level. See Plain, a.]

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Perfect

[OE. parfit, OF. parfit, parfet, parfait, F. parfait, L. perfectus, p. p. of perficere to carry to the end, to perform, finish, perfect; per (see Per-) + facere to make, do. See Fact.]

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Personal

[L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.]

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Private

[L. privatus apart from the state, peculiar to an individual, private, properly p. p. of privare to bereave, deprive, originally, to separate, fr. privus single, private, perhaps originally, put forward (hence, alone, single) and akin to prae before. See Prior, a., and cf. Deprive, Privy, a.]

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