Definition of Prosecting

1. prosect [v] - See also: prosect

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prosecting

proscript
proscription
proscriptional
proscriptionist
proscriptionists
proscriptions
proscriptive
proscriptively
proscripts
proscuitto
proscænium
prose
prose poem
prosect
prosected
prosecting (current term)
prosection
prosections
prosector
prosector's wart
prosectors
prosects
prosecutability
prosecutable
prosecute
prosecuted
prosecutes
prosecuting
prosecuting attorney
prosecuting officer

Literary usage of Prosecting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Medical Association by American Medical Association (1890)
"The rear of this floor contains apartments for prosecting, vivisection, the manufacture of drugs, and vats for the preservation of forty bodies. ..."

2. A Treatise on the Law of Inheritance Taxation: With Practice and Forms by Lafayette Blanchard Gleason, Alexander Otis (1917)
"The words " county treasurer," " prosecuting attorney," as used in this act shall be taken to mean the county treasurer or prosecting attorney of the county ..."

3. Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists by American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1917)
"... during this early period of his life, added to his income by assisting in prosecting and in furnishing the material for the anatomical laboratory. ..."

4. Annual Report of the Minister of Mines for the Year Ending by British Columbia Dept. of Mines (1898)
"... after thoroughly prosecting with drilling machines, which might have been used to great advantage before the present work was undertaken. ..."

5. Memorial Record of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan by Lewis Publishing Company (1895)
"... sending a number of the band to Marquette for long terms and driving the remainder out of the county. He was the first prosecting Attorney to succeed in ..."

6. The International Journal of Orthodontia (1917)
"... serve to further show that definite conclusions can not be based on a few anatomic observations. As a medical student I did prosecting for Professor ..."

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