| Pronunciation: | | 'prImul
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| Matching Terms: | | prima, prima ballerina, prima donna, prima facie, prima facie case, prima(p), primacy, primaeval, primage, primality, primaquine, primarily, primariness, primary, primary amenorrhea, primary antibody response, primary atypical pneumonia, primary authority, primary cache, primary carcinoma, primary care physician, primary cell, primary censorship, primary center of ossification, primary central nervous system lymphoma, primary coil, primary context, primary dentition, primary deposit, primary dysmenorrhea, primary election, primary endpoint, primary feather, primary flakes, primary health care, primary host, primary key, primary management domain, primary metabolite, primary nystagmus, primary oocyte, primary producer, primary production, primary quill, primary rate interface, primary repair, primary school, primary sclerosing cholangitis, primary sex character, primary sex characteristic, primary solid solution, primary structure, primary syphilis, primary tooth, primary transcript, primary tumor, primary winding, primary(a), primase, primate, primates, primateship, primatial, primatical, primatologist, primatology, primaxin
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- [adj] having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state; "aboriginal forests"; "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"; "the forest primeval"; "primordial matter"; "primordial forms of life"
- [adj] serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure"
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| | Synonyms: | | aboriginal, cardinal, central, early, fundamental, important, key, of import, primaeval, primeval, primordial |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pri"mal\, a. [LL. primalis, fr. L. primus the first. See
{Prime}, a.]
First; primary; original; chief.
It hath the primal eldest curse upon it. --Shak.
The primal duties shine aloft like stars. --Wordsworth.
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