procinct

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noun

A state of complete readiness for action.

OriginLatin procinctus →
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Meanings

nounprocinct (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableA state of complete readiness for action.

    Warr he perceiv'd, Warr in procinct, and found Already known what he for news had thought To have reported

    1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC
  2. obsoleteuncountableObsolete spelling of precinct.

Origin

  1. Latinprocinctus
  2. Englishprocinct

From Latin procinctus, from procingere, procinctum (“to gird up”).

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “procinct,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/procinct.

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