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Definition of Prototypes
1. prototype [v] - See also: prototype
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prototypes
Literary usage of Prototypes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Magnetic Lady: Or, Humors Reconciled by Ben Jonson (1914)
"... important element in the play; in portraying her, he re-echoed work already
done, as well as produced a striking dramatic personality. III. prototypes ..."
2. The Magnetic Lady: Or, Humors Reconciled by Ben Jonson (1914)
"prototypes OF THE CHARACTERS IN JONSON'S EARLIER PLAYS It is easy to discover
likenesses between most of the characters of this play and those of Jonson's ..."
3. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by Cora May Williams (1892)
"... it may be useful to note their prototypes, as far as external form is concerned,
in life on lower planes, without making any assumption as to the ..."
4. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by Cora May Williams (1893)
"However, in considering egoism and altruism in their relations to human development,
it may be useful to note their prototypes, as far as external form is ..."