prévôtal, -e, adj., relating, pertaining to a provost.
prévôtalement (-tal-mān), adv., by a provost-court.
prévôté, n.f., provostship.
prévoyance, n.f., foresight, forethought, prudence, caution. Rien n’échappe à sa —; nothing escapes his foresight.
prévoyant, -e, adj., provident, prudent, careful, cautious.
priapée, n.f., obscene picture; obscene poem.
priapisme, n.m., (med.) priapism.
prié, n.m., -e, n.f., person invited, guest.
prie-dieu, n.m., (—) praying-desk; devotion-chair; faldstool.
prier, v.a. and n., to pray; to entreat, to beseech, to call upon, to beg (of), to implore, to supplicate, to request; to invite, to bid. — quelqu’un d’une grâce; to request a favor of any one. Il m’a prié de l’accompagner; he begged of me to accompany him. On m’a prié de le faire; I have been requested to do it. Je vous en prie; I beg of you. — à dîner; to invite to dinner. — de dîner; to press any one to stay to dinner. Se faire — or aimer à se faire —; to require pressing.