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prosilient, a. rare.|prəʊˈsɪlɪənt| [ad. L. prōsilient-em, pres. pple. of prōsilīre to leap forth.] lit. Leaping forth; fig. outstanding, prominent. So † proˈsiliate v. [erron. form] intr., to be prominent, project, ‘stand out’; proˈsiliency [see -ency], † the fact of leaping forth (obs.); fig. prosilient quality, great prominence; † prosiˈlition [n. of action f. L. prōsilīre: see -tion], the action of leaping or starting out.
1653R. Sanders Physiogn. 173 The minde is..apertly conversant in the eyes..: the minde resolute, the eyes *prosiliate, being humble, they subsidate.
1665Glanvill Def. Vanity Dogm. 61 A Repentine *Prosiliency jumping into Being. 1827Coleridge in Lit. Rem. (1839) IV. 402 He has given it such prominence, such prosiliency of relief.
1902G. Atherton Conqueror v. i, Hamilton,..not excepting Washington,..was to Europeans the most *prosilient of Americans.
1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 485 That the Powder..may pass..without any loss by *prosilition. |