n. a sequence of instructions, stored in any medium, that can be interpreted and executed by a computer; -- called most frequently a program. This term is used both for the written program (a document) and for its corresponding electronic version stored or executed on the computer. See instruction; as, Version 1.0 of the program had a serious bug that caused the computer to crash frequently..
Syn. -- program, program, computer programme. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. (Computers) A computer programming language with an instruction set allowing one instruction to code for several assembly language instructions. The aggregation of several assembly-language instructions into one instruction allows much greater efficiency in writing computer programs. Most programs are now written in some higher programming language, such as BASIC, FORTRAN, COBOL, C, C++, PROLOG, or JAVA. [ PJC ]

a. Not progressive. De Quincey. -- Im"pro*gress"ive*ly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Computers) A computer program which has been translated into machine language by a compiler and assembler, but not yet linked into an executable program; sometimes called an obj file, because its file name typically has the extension “obj” . [ PJC ]

a. Having the love of offspring; fond of children. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Philo- + L. progenies offspring. ] (Phren.) The love of offspring; fondness for children. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Victuals got by begging, or vagrancy; victuals of any kind; food; supplies. [ Slang ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

So long as he picked from the filth his prog. R. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A vagrant beggar; a tramp. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A goal; progue. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Progged p. pr. & vb. n. Progging. ] [ Cf. D. prachen, G. prachern, Dan. prakke, Sw. pracka, to beg, L. procare, procari, to ask, demand, and E. prowl. ] 1. To wander about and beg; to seek food or other supplies by low arts; to seek for advantage by mean shift or tricks. [ Low ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A perfect artist in progging for money. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have been endeavoring to prog for you. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To steal; to rob; to filch. [ Low ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To prick; to goad; to progue. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. progeneratus, p. p. of progenerare to beget; pro forth, forward + generare to generate. ] To beget; to generate; to produce; to procreate; as, to progenerate a race. [ R. ] Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. progeneratio. ] The act of begetting; propagation. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. progeniteur, L. progenitor, fr. progignere, progenitum, to bring forth, to beget; pro forth + gignere to beget. See Gender kind. ] An ancestor in the direct line; a forefather. [ 1913 Webster ]

And reverence thee their great progenitor. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being a progenitor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female progenitor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. progéniture. ] A begetting, or birth. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. progenie, F. progénie, fr. L. progenies, fr. progignere. See Progenitor. ] Descendants of the human kind, or offspring of other animals; children; offspring; race, lineage. “ Issued from the progeny of kings.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool) Proglottis. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Proglottides [ NL. fr. Gr. proglwtti`s the tip of the tongue; pro` forward + glw^tta the tongue. ] (Zool) One of the free, or nearly free, segments of a tapeworm. It contains both male and female reproductive organs, and is capable of a brief independent existence. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Prognathous. ] (Zool) A comprehensive group of mankind, including those that have prognathous jaws. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Prognathous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anat.) Projection of the jaws. -- Prog"na*thy n. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Gr. pro` before + gna`qos the jaw ] (Anat.) Having the jaws projecting beyond the upper part of the face; -- opposed to orthognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their countenances had the true prognathous character. Kane. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., a swallow, traditionally said to be fr. Progne (The sister of Philomela), who was changed into a swallow, Gr. Pro`knh. ] (Zool.) (a) A swallow. (b) A genus of swallows including the purple martin. See Martin. (c) An American butterfly (Polygonia Progne syn. Vanessa Progne). It is orange and black above, grayish beneath, with an L-shaped silver mark on the hind wings. Called also gray comma. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. pro`gnosis, fr. progignw`skein to know beforehand; pro` before + gignw`skein to know. See Know. ] (Med.) The act or art of foretelling the course and termination of a disease; also, the outlook afforded by this act of judgment; as, the prognosis of hydrophobia is bad. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. prognwstiko`n. See Prognosis. ] Indicating something future by signs or symptoms; foreshowing; aiding in prognosis; as, the prognostic symptoms of a disease; prognostic signs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. prognosticum, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. pronostic, prognostic. See Prognostic, a. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. That which prognosticates; a sign by which a future event may be known or foretold; an indication; a sign or omen; hence, a foretelling; a prediction. [ 1913 Webster ]

That choice would inevitably be considered by the country
as a prognostic of the highest import. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A sign or symptom indicating the course and termination of a disease. Parr. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Sign; omen; presage; token; indication. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To prognosticate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being prognosticated or foretold. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Prognosticated p. pr. & vb. n. Prognosticating. ] [ See Prognostic. ] To indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to predict; as, to prognosticate evil. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

I neither will nor can prognosticate
To the young gaping heir his father's fate. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To foreshow; foretoken; betoken; forebode; presage; predict; prophesy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. prognostication. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of foreshowing or foretelling something future by present signs; prediction. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which foreshows; a foretoken. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who prognosticates; a foreknower or foreteller of a future course or event by present signs. Isa. xlvii. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Programme. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Programmata [ L. See Programme. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Gr. Antiq.) Any law, which, after it had passed the Athenian senate, was fixed on a tablet for public inspection previously to its being proposed to the general assembly of the people. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An edict published for public information; an official bulletin; a public proclamation. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. See Programme. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A preface. [ Obs. ] T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. programma a public proclamation, manifesto, Gr. pro`gramma, fr. progra`fein to write before or in public; pro` before, forth + gra`fein to write; cf. F. programme. See Graphic. ] That which is written or printed as a public notice or advertisement; a scheme; a prospectus; especially, a brief outline or explanation of the order to be pursued, or the subjects embraced, in any public exercise, performance, or entertainment; a preliminary sketch. [ 1913 Webster ]

Programme music (Mus.), descriptive instrumental music which requires an argument or programme to explain the meaning of its several movements. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. progressus, from progredi, p. p. progressus, to go forth or forward; pro forward + gradi to step, go: cf. F. progrès. See Grade. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A moving or going forward; a proceeding onward; an advance; specifically: (a) In actual space, as the progress of a ship, carriage, etc. (b) In the growth of an animal or plant; increase. (c) In business of any kind; as, the progress of a negotiation; the progress of art. (d) In knowledge; in proficiency; as, the progress of a child at school. (e) Toward ideal completeness or perfection in respect of quality or condition; -- applied to individuals, communities, or the race; as, social, moral, religious, or political progress. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A journey of state; a circuit; especially, one made by a sovereign through parts of his own dominions. [ 1913 Webster ]

The king being returned from his progresse. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Progressed p. pr. & vb. n. Progressing. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To make progress; to move forward in space; to continue onward in course; to proceed; to advance; to go on; as, railroads are progressing. “As his recovery progressed.” Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let me wipe off this honorable dew,
That silverly doth progress on thy checks. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

They progress in that style in proportion as their pieces are treated with contempt. Washington. [ 1913 Webster ]

The war had progressed for some time. Marshall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make improvement; to advance. Bayard. [ 1913 Webster ]

If man progresses, art must progress too. Caird. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make progress in; to pass through. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. progressio: cf. F. progression. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of moving forward; a proceeding in a course; motion onward. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Course; passage; lapse or process of time. [ 1913 Webster ]

I hope, in a short progression, you will be wholly immerged in the delices and joys of religion. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Math.) Regular or proportional advance in increase or decrease of numbers; continued proportion, arithmetical, geometrical, or harmonic. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mus.) A regular succession of tones or chords; the movement of the parts in harmony; the order of the modulations in a piece from key to key. [ 1913 Webster ]

Arithmetical progression, a progression in which the terms increase or decrease by equal differences, as the numbers { 2, 4, 6, 8, 1010, 8, 6, 4, 2 } by the difference 2. [ 1913 Webster ] --
Geometrical progression, a progression in which the terms increase or decrease by equal ratios, as the numbers { 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 6464, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2 } by a continual multiplication or division by 2. [ 1913 Webster ] --
Harmonic progression, a progression in which the terms are the reciprocals of quantities in arithmetical progression, as 1/2, 1/4, 1/6, 1/8, 1/10. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to progression; tending to, or capable of, progress. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. One who holds to a belief in the progression of society toward perfection. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who maintains the doctrine of progression in organic forms; -- opposed to uniformitarian. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who makes, or holds to, progress; a progressionist. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. progressif. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; -- opposed to retrograde. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Improving; as, art is in a progressive state. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (U. S. History) Of or pertaining to the Progressive party. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

4. Favoring improvement, change, progress, or reform, especially in a political context; -- used of people. Contrasted with conservative. [ PJC ]

☞ The term progressive is sometimes used to describe the views of a politician, where liberal might have been used at one time, in communities where the term liberal has come to connote extreme views. [ PJC ]

5. Disposed toward adopting new methods in government or education, holding tolerant and liberal ideas, and generally favoring improvement in civic life; -- of towns and communities. [ PJC ]

Progressive euchre or
Progressive whist, a way of playing at card parties, by which after every game, the losers at the first table go to the last table, and the winners at all the tables, except the first, move up to the next table. --
Progressive muscular atrophy (Med.), a nervous disorder characterized by continuous atrophy of the muscles. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Pro*gress"ive*ly, adv. -- Pro*gress"ive*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (U. S. History) The political party formed, chiefly out of the Republican party, by the adherents of Theodore Roosevelt in the presidential campaign of 1912. The name Progressive party was chosen at the meeting held on Aug. 7, 1912, when the candidates were nominated and the platform adopted. It was also known as the Bull Moose Party. Among the chief articles in the platform are those demanding direct primaries, preferential primaries for presidential nominations, direct election of United States senators, women's suffrage, and recall of judicial decisions in certain cases. In 1924 the label was also adopted by the party supporting the presidential campaign of Robert M. La Follette, and in 1948 it was also adopted by the party of Henry Wallace. The party is no longer (1998) considered a force in U. S. national politics. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + PJC ]

v. i. To prog. [ Obs. ] P. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A sharp point; a goad. [ Scot. & Local, U. S. ] -- v. t. To prick; to goad. [ Scot. & Local, U. S. ]. [ 1913 Webster ]