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Webster 1913 Edition

Pride

Pride

,
Noun.
[Cf. AS.
lamprede
, LL.
lampreda
, E.
lamprey
.]
(Zool.)
A small European lamprey (
Petromyzon branchialis
); – called also
prid
, and
sandpiper
.

Pride

,
Noun.
[AS.
prȳte
; akin to Icel.
prȳði
honor, ornament,
pr[GREEK][GREEK]a
to adorn, Dan.
pryde
, Sw.
pryda
; cf. W.
prydus
comely. See
Proud
.]
1.
The quality or state of being proud; inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one’s own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, rank, etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve, and often in contempt of others.
Those that walk in
pride
he is able to abase.
Dan. iv. 37.
Pride
that dines on vanity sups on contempt.
Franklin.
2.
A sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of what is beneath or unworthy of one; lofty self-respect; noble self-esteem; elevation of character; dignified bearing; proud delight; – in a good sense.
Thus to relieve the wretched was his
pride
.
Goldsmith.
A people which takes no
pride
in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with
pride
by remote descendants.
Macaulay.
3.
Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation; disdain.
Let not the foot of
pride
come against me.
Ps. xxxvi. 11.
That hardly we escaped the
pride
of France.
Shakespeare
4.
That of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-gratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem, or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty, ornament, noble character, children, etc.
Lofty trees yclad with summer's
pride
.
Spenser.
I will cut off the
pride
of the Philistines.
Zech. ix. 6.
A bold peasantry, their country's
pride
.
Goldsmith.
5.
Show; ostentation; glory.
Pride
, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war.
Shakespeare
6.
Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory;
as, to be in the
pride
of one's life
.
A falcon, towering in her
pride
of place.
Shakespeare
7.
Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness; hence, lust; sexual desire; esp., an excitement of sexual appetite in a female beast.
[Obs.]
Pride of India
, or
Pride of China
.
(Bot.)
See
Margosa
.
–
Pride of the desert
(Zool.)
,
the camel.
Syn. – Self-exaltation; conceit; hauteur; haughtiness; lordliness; loftiness.
–
Pride
,
Vanity
. Pride is a high or an excessive esteem of one's self for some real or imagined superiority, as rank, wealth, talents, character, etc. Vanity is the love of being admired, praised, exalted, etc., by others. Vanity is an ostentation of pride; but one may have great pride without displaying it. Vanity, which is etymologically “emptiness,” is applied especially to the exhibition of pride in superficialities, as beauty, dress, wealth, etc.

Pride

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Prided
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Priding
.]
To indulge in pride, or self-esteem; to rate highly; to plume; – used reflexively.
Bp. Hall.
Pluming and
priding
himself in all his services.
South.

Pride

,
Verb.
I.
To be proud; to glory.
[R.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Pride

PRIDE

, n.
1.
Inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, accomplishments, rank or elevation in office, which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve, and often in contempt of others.
Martial pride looks down on industry.
Pride goeth before destruction. Prov.16.
Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt.
All pride is abject and mean.
Those that walk in pride he is able to abase. Dan.4.
2.
Insolence; rude treatment of others; insolent exultation.
That hardly we escap'd the pride of France.
3.
Generous elation of heart; a noble self-esteem springing from a consciousness of worth.
The honest pride of conscious virtue.
4.
Elevation; loftiness.
A falcon tow'ring in her pride of place.
5.
Decoration; ornament; beauty displayed.
Whose lofty trees, clad with summer's pride.
Be his this sword
Whose ivory sheath, inwrought with curious pride,
Adds graceful terror to the wearer's side.
6.
Splendid show; ostentation.
Is this array, the war of either side
Through Athens pass'd with military pride.
7.
That of which men are proud; that which excites boasting.
I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. Zech.9. Zeph.3.
8.
Excitement of the sexual appetite in a female beast.
9.
Proud persons. Ps.36.

PRIDE

,
Verb.
T.
With the reciprocal pronoun, to pride one's self, to indulge pride; to take pride; to value one's self; to gratify self-esteem. They pride themselves in their wealth, dress or equipage. He prides himself in his achievements.

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