procinct
English
Etymology
From Latin procinctus, from procingere, procinctum (“to gird up”).
Noun
procinct (uncountable)
- (obsolete) A state of complete readiness for action.
- Milton
- War he perceiv'd, war in procinct, and found
Already known what he for news had thought
To have reported […]
- War he perceiv'd, war in procinct, and found
- Milton
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for procinct in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)