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Pera Encyclopedia Britannica

PERA. See Constantinople, vol. vi. p. 306.

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Peract [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To go through with; to perform.

Peracute [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Very sharp; very violent; as a peracute fever. [Little used.]

Peracute [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Very sharp; very violent; as, a peracute fever.

Peradventure [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. By chance; perhaps; it may be.

2. It has been used as a noun for doubt or question, but rather improperly. The word is obsolescent and inelegant.

Peradventure [Adverb and conjunction] Webster's Dictionary 1913

By chance; perhaps; it may be; if; supposing.

Peradventure [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Chance; hap; hence, doubt; question; as, proved beyond peradventure.

Peraeopod [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One of the thoracic legs of a crustacean. See Illust. of Crustacea.

Peragrate [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To travel over or through; to wander; to ramble. [Little used.]

Peragrate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To travel over or through.

Peragration [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The act of passing through any space; as the peragration of the moon in her monthly revolution. [Little used.]

Peragration [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The act or state of passing through any space; as, the peragration of the moon in her monthly revolution.

Perak Encyclopedia Britannica

PERAK. See Malay Peninsula, vol. xv. p. 320 sq., and Straits Settlements.

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Perambulate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To walk through or over; properly and technically, to pass through or over for the purpose of surveying or examining something; to visit as overseers; as, to perambulate a parish. So in New England, the laws require the select men of towns to appoint suitable persons annually to perambulate the borders or bounds of the township, and renew the boundaries, or see that the old ones are in a good state.

Perambulate [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To walk about; to ramble; to stroll; as, he perambulated in the park.

Perambulate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To walk through or over; especially, to travel over for the purpose of surveying or examining; to inspect by traversing; specifically, to inspect officially the boundaries of, as of a town or parish, by walking over the whole line.

Perambulated [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Passed over; inspected.

Perambulated [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Perambulate

Perambulating [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Passing over or through for the purpose of inspection.

Perambulating [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Perambulate

Perambulation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The act of passing or walking through or over.

2. A traveling survey or inspection.

3. A district within which a person has the right of inspection; jurisdiction.

4. Annual survey of the bounds of a parish in England, or of a township in America.

Perambulation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act of perambulating; traversing.

2. An annual survey of boundaries, as of town, a parish, a forest, etc.

3. A district within which one is authorized to make a tour of inspection.

Perambulator [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

An instrument or wheel for measuring distances, to be used in surveying or traveling; called also a pedometer.

Perambulator [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One who perambulates.

2. A surveyor's instrument for measuring distances. It consists of a wheel arranged to roll along over the ground, with an apparatus of clockwork, and a dial plate upon which the distance traveled is shown by an index. See Odometer.

3. A low carriage for a child, propelled by pushing.

Perameles [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Any marsupial of the genus Perameles, which includes numerous species found in Australia. They somewhat resemble rabbits in size and form. See Illust. under Bandicoot.

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Genesis 18:24

Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there?

Genesis 18:28

Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.

suppose the fifty righteous ones lack five. Will You destroy the whole city for the lack of five?” He replied, “If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy it.”

Genesis 18:29

And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty’s sake.

Once again Abraham spoke to the LORD, “Suppose forty are found there?” He answered, “On account of the forty, I will not do it.”

Genesis 18:30

And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

Then Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak further. Suppose thirty are found there?” He replied, “If I find thirty there, I will not do it.”

Genesis 18:31

And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty’s sake.

And Abraham said, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord, suppose twenty are found there?” He answered, “On account of the twenty, I will not destroy it.”

Genesis 18:32

And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten’s sake.

Finally, Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak once more. Suppose ten are found there?” And He answered, “On account of the ten, I will not destroy it.”

Genesis 24:5

And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?

The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”

Genesis 24:39

And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.

Then I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not come back with me?’

Genesis 27:12

My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.

What if my father touches me? Then I would be revealed to him as a deceiver, and I would bring upon myself a curse rather than a blessing.”

Genesis 31:31

And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.

“I was afraid,” Jacob answered, “for I thought you would take your daughters from me by force.

Genesis 32:20

And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.

You are also to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” For he thought, “I will appease Esau with the gift that is going before me. After that I can face him, and perhaps he will accept me.”

Genesis 38:11

Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.

Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.

Genesis 42:4

But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.

But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm might befall him.”

Genesis 43:12

And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight:

Take double the silver with you so that you may return the silver that was put back into the mouths of your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake.

Genesis 44:34

For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.

For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm him.”

Genesis 50:15

And when Joseph’s brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.

When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay us for all the evil that we did to him.”

Exodus 13:17

And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:

When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road through the land of the Philistines, though it was shorter. For God said, “If the people face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.”

Exodus 32:30

And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.

The next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a great sin. Now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.”

Numbers 22:6

Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.

So please come now and put a curse on this people, because they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land; for I know that those you bless are blessed, and those you curse are cursed.”

Numbers 22:11

Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.

‘Behold, a people has come out of Egypt, and they cover the face of the land. Now come and put a curse on them for me. Perhaps I may be able to fight against them and drive them away.’”