préture, n.f., pretorship.
preuve, n.f., proof, evidence, testimony, token, mark; (com.) proof-sample; proof (of spirits). En venir à la —; to come to the proof. Faire — de noblesse; to give proof of nobility; to uphold the honor of one’s house. Il a fait ses —s; he has given proofs of his capacity. Faire — de courage; to show, or approve, one’s self a man of courage. Servir de —; to serve as a proof. —s induites des circonstances; (jur.) circumstantial evidence.
preux, n. and adj. m., valiant knight, gallant knight; worthy; gallant, doughty, valiant, stout, worthy.
prévaloir, v.n., to prevail, to stand. La faveur prévaut souvent sur le mérite; favor frequently prevails over merit.
se prévaloir, v.r., to take advantage, to avail one’s self; to boast of, to pride one’s self upon; to glory in. Se — de sa naissance; to take advantage of, or to glory in, one’s birth.
prévaricateur, n.m., prevaricator; betrayer of any one’s trust.
prévaricat-eur, -rice, adj., prevaricating.
prévarication, n.f., prevarication; breach of trust.
prévariquer, v.n., to prevaricate, to betray one’s trust.
prévenance (pré-vnans), n.f., kindness, kind attention.