PROGRESSIVE
Pro*gress"ive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. progressif.]
1. Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; — opposed to retrograde.
2. Improving; as, art is in a progressive state. Progressive euchre or whist, a way of playing at card parties, by which after every game, the losers at the first table go to the last table, and the winners at all the tables, except the first, move up to the next table. — Progressive muscular atrophy (Med.), a nervous disorder characterized by continuous atrophy of the muscles. — Pro*gress"ive*ly, adv. — Pro*gress"ive*ness, n.
PROGRESSIVE PARTY
Progressive party. (U. S. Politics)
Defn: The political party formed, chiefly out of the Republican party, by the adherents of Theodore Roosevelt in the presidential campaign of 1912. The name Progressive party was chosen at the meeting held on Aug. 7, 1912, when the candidates were nominated and the platform adopted. Among the chief articles in the platform are those demanding direct primaries, preferential primaries for presidential nominations, direct election of United States senators, women's suffrage, and recall of judicial decisions in certain cases.
PROGUE
Progue, v. i.
Defn: To prog. [Obs.] P. Fletcher.
PROGUE
Progue, n.
Defn: A sharp point; a goad. [ Scot. & Local, U. S.] — v. t.
Defn: To prick; to goad. [ Scot. & Local, U. S.].