v. t. [ See Pernancy. ] To take profit of; to make profitable. [ Obs. ] Sylvester. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) The honey buzzard. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. prenance, fr. prendre, prenre, penre, to take, L. prendere, prehendere. ] (Law) A taking or reception, as the receiving of rents or tithes in kind, the receiving of profits. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Pimpernel. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See 2d Pernicious. ] Destruction; perdition. [ Obs. ] hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. pernix, -icis. ] Quick; swift (to burn). [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. perniciosus, from pernicies destruction, from pernecare to kill or slay outright; per + necare to kill, slay: cf. F. pernicieux. Cf. Nuisance, Necromancy. ] Having the quality of injuring or killing; destructive; very mischievous; baleful; malicious; wicked. [ 1913 Webster ]
Let this pernicious hour
Stand aye accursed in the calendar. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Pernicious to his health. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. [ L. pernicitas. See 1st Pernicious. ] Swiftness; celerity. [ R. ] Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ L. ] (Med.) A chilblain. [ 1913 Webster ]