▪ I. † ˈprocinct, n.1 Obs.
[ad. med.L. procinct-us, -a (Du Cange), for L. præcinctus precinct: see pro-1 3. So OF. procincte, proceinte (13th c.), variants of pourceinte: see purcinct.]
= precinct n.
| 1432–50 tr. Higden (Rolls) I. 401 In whiche procincte [L. In hoc precinctu Walliæ] were wonte to be thre courtes. 1448 in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) I. 355 Aboute the gardynes and alle the procincte of the place. 1491 Act 7 Hen. VII, c. 11 §1 Within the seid Towne of Grete Yernemuth and procincte therof. 1583 in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) II. 688 The scite, circuit, ambulance, and procinct of the late Priory. 1616 Manif. Abp. of Spalato's Motives 34 A Prelacie thou hast here..of large procinct, and faire reuenue. 1822 T. Taylor Apuleius xi. 265 For the priest..shall bear a rosy crown in his right hand, adhering to the rattle, in the very procinct of the pomp. |
▪ II. † proˈcinct, n.2 Obs.
[ad. L. prōcinctus, vbl. n. f. prōcingĕre to gird up, equip, in phr. in prōcinctu in readiness for action.]
The condition of being prepared or equipped; readiness for action; only in in procinct, ready, prepared.
| c 1611 Chapman Iliad xii. 89 And gaue vp each chariot and steed To their directors to be kept, in all procinct of warre, There, and on that side of the dike. a 1639 Wotton Let. in Reliq. (1651) 453 Being then in procinct of his travels. 1667 Milton P.L. vi. 19 Warr he perceav'd, warr in procinct, and found Already known what he for news had thought To have reported. 1763 C. Johnston Reverie II. 128 War! War in procinct! The comforts of Greatness. 1839 Blackw. Mag. XLVI. 815 In short, all Rome, and at all times was ‘in procinct’. |
▪ III. † proˈcinct, a. Obs.
Also 7 procint.
[ad. L. prōcinctus, pa. pple. of prōcingĕre to gird up, equip (pro-1 1 h): cf. succinct.]
Ready, prepared.
| 1618 M. Baret Horsemanship i. xxxiii. 98 Many things are now become nocent and hurtfull to man, which at the first was procint and seruiceable to him. 1623 Cockeram, Procint, readie. 1773 J. Ross Fratricide iii. 21 (MS.) And from a bubbling fount, procinct and pure, Takes proper portion and dilutes the draught. |