Defn: The quality or state of being pragmatical.
PRAGMATISM
Prag"ma*tism, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being pragmatic; in literature, the pragmatic, or philosophical, method. The narration of this apparently trifling circumstance belongs to the pragmatism of the history. A. Murphy.
PRAGMATIST
Prag"ma*tist, n.
Defn: One who is pragmatic.
PRAGMATIZE
Prag"ma*tize, v. t.
Defn: To consider, represent, or embody (something unreal) as fact; to materialize. [R.] "A pragmatized metaphor." Tylor.
PRAIRIAL
Prai`ri`al", n. Etym: [F., fr. prairie meadow.]
Defn: The ninth month of the French Republican calendar, which dated from September 22, 1792. It began May, 20, and ended June 18. See Vendemiaire.
PRAIRIE Prai"rie, n. Etym: [F., an extensive meadow, OF. praerie, LL. prataria, fr. L. pratum a meadow.]