prom

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Promenaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Promenading. ] To walk for pleasure, display, or exercise. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. (with a foreign suffix), from promener to lead, take for a walk, se promener to walk, from L. prominare to drive forward or along; pro forward + minare to drive animals. See Amenable, Menace. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A walk for pleasure, display, or exercise. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A place for walking; a public walk. Bp. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who promenades. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. promeritus, p. p. of promerere to deserve; pro before + merere to merit. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To oblige; to confer a favor on. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To deserve; to procure by merit. [ Obs. ] Davenant. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; before + &unr_; bee-eater. ] (Zool.) Any one of several species of very brilliant birds belonging to Promerops, Epimarchus, and allied genera, closely related to the paradise birds, and mostly native of New Guinea. They have a long curved beak and a long graduated tail. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Prometheus. ] (Zool.) A large American bombycid moth (Callosamia promethea). Its larva feeds on the sassafras, wild cherry, and other trees, and suspends its cocoon from a branch by a silken band. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Prometh&unr_;us: cf. F. prométhéen. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Of or pertaining to Prometheus. See Prometheus. “Promethean fire.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having a life-giving quality; inspiring. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Old Chem.) (a) An apparatus for automatic ignition. (b) A kind of lucifer match. [ 1913 Webster ]