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Prime

adjective

1.

First in rank or degree. Synonym: premier. "The prime minister"

2.

Used of the first or originating agent.

3.

Of superior grade. Synonyms: choice, prize, quality, select. "Prime beef" , "Prize carnations" , "Quality paper" , "Select peaches"

4.

Of or relating to or being an integer that cannot be factored into other integers.

5.

Being at the best stage of development. Synonym: meridian.

noun

1.

A number that has no factor but itself and 1. Synonym: prime quantity.

2.

The period of greatest prosperity or productivity. Synonyms: bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flower, flush, heyday, peak.

3.

The second canonical hour; about 6 a.m..

4.

The time of maturity when power and vigor are greatest. Synonym: prime of life.

verb

(past & past part. primed; pres. part. priming)

1.

Insert a primer into (a gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing. "Prime a mine"

2.

Cover with a primer; apply a primer to. Synonyms: ground, undercoat.

3.

Fill with priming liquid.

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... impossible plans, and tender little dreams, so lovely at the time, so pathetic to remember, when contact with the hard realities of life has collapsed our bright bubbles, and the frost of disappointment nipped all our morning glories in their prime. The old red stage stopped at Enos Devon's door, and his niece crossed the threshold after a cool handshake with the master of the house, and a close embrace with the mistress, who stood pouring out last words with spectacles too dim for seeing. Fat Ben swung up the trunk, slammed ...

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... Service boys happened to be prime favorites of his, and consequently he was in a humor to go far out of his way to grant any reasonable request either of them ...

— Air Service Boys Flying for Victory - or, Bombing the Last German Stronghold • Charles Amory Beach

... living representative of the line of the West Saxon princes. His accession to the throne became the desire of the people. He obtained a dispensation from the Pope to leave the cloister; assumed the crown of Egbert; and retained Egbert's prime minister, Alstan, Bishop of Sherborne, who was the Minister in peace and war, the Treasurer, and the Counsellor, of the kings of England, over a space, from first to ...

— The Pleasures of England - Lectures given in Oxford • John Ruskin

... technical skill. Raphael broke up painting, as later on Beethoven broke up music. Not that that blow destroyed the possibility of rare and wonderful developments in special directions. But painting and music alike lost for ever the radiant beauty of their prime and its ...

— Impressions And Comments • Havelock Ellis

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