All 36 Uses of
prudent
in
The Pathfinder, by Cooper
- The conversation was carried on in low tones, all the party beginning to feel the necessity of prudence, as they drew nearer to the outskirts of the fort, and had no longer the cover of the woods.†
Chpt 3prudence = good sense and caution
- "The accursed Mingos!" said Pathfinder, as soon as his friend was near enough to be addressed with prudence.†
Chpt 4
- But it is not their business to overlook prudence.†
Chpt 4
- Prudence!†
Chpt 4
- a man may carry his prudence so far as to forget his courage.†
Chpt 4
- As for courage, Jasper, I will not send back an angry and unmeaning word to meet an angry and an unmeaning word; for I know that you are true in your station and according to your knowledge; but take the advice of one who faced the Mingos when you were a child, and know that their cunning is easier sarcumvented by prudence than outwitted by foolishness.†
Chpt 4
- But prudence as much becomes a warrior as valor; and had not the Iroquois devils been looking after their friends who were in the water, a hot trail they would have made of yourn.†
Chpt 6
- Not he, not he; he is as prudent as he is brave, in the main, though so forgetful of himself in the late ambushment.†
Chpt 6 *
- "He has told me," said Mabel, with more energy perhaps than her situation rendered prudent.†
Chpt 7
- "Is this prudent?" demanded Mabel, with an impetuosity that rendered her incautious in modulating her sweet voice.†
Chpt 7
- Go, Jasper, and do justice to your own character for prudence.†
Chpt 7prudence = good sense and caution
- In the first place you have experience; and, as all girls must want that, no prudent young woman would overlook such a qualification.†
Chpt 9
- Ever the same, simple-minded, faithful, utterly without fear, and yet prudent, foremost in all warrantable enterprises, or what the opinion of the day considered as such, and never engaged in anything to call a blush to his cheek or censure on his acts, it was not possible to live much with this being and not feel respect and admiration for him which had no reference to his position in life.†
Chpt 9
- The Scotch in the battalion do, indeed, talk more than is prudent of their want of oatmeal, grumbling occasionally of our wheaten bread.†
Chpt 10
- The happiest marriages are those in which youth and beauty and confidence on one side, rely on the sagacity, moderation, and prudence of years—middle age, I mean, madam, for I'll no' deny that there is such a thing as a husband's being too old for a wife.†
Chpt 11prudence = good sense and caution
- But the young man himself will think all the better of you for your prudence after the triumph of the day is forgotten.†
Chpt 11
- Jasper knows the way, and we shall be in good hands, for the Sergeant is prudent, and of the first quality at an ambushment; yes, he is both prudent and alert.†
Chpt 12
- Jasper knows the way, and we shall be in good hands, for the Sergeant is prudent, and of the first quality at an ambushment; yes, he is both prudent and alert.†
Chpt 12
- Your militia are great talkers and little doers in general; but the soldier who has often met the Mingos learns to know the value of a prudent tongue.†
Chpt 13
- I hope, sir, my child will make a prudent choice, and I think her mind is already pretty much made up in favor of Pathfinder.†
Chpt 13
- Well, well, your prudence will never be questioned by me, for I like the Canadas as little as you can possibly like them yourself.†
Chpt 14prudence = good sense and caution
- He appeared himself to believe that the account of Arrowhead might be true, though he admitted that caution would be prudent with one he disliked; but his auditors, Jasper excepted, seemed less disposed to put faith in the explanations.†
Chpt 15
- "How long have you been heading in this direction, brother Cap?" inquired the prudent soldier; "and at what rate may we be going through the water?"†
Chpt 15
- He was allowed a few minutes to look about him, and then the question was put as to the course which he thought it prudent to follow.†
Chpt 17
- We should have done it, Jasper, we should have done it, had it not been for a circumstance; these circumstances are serious matters, and no prudent man will overlook them.†
Chpt 19
- I do not see the prudence of that, Mabel.†
Chpt 20prudence = good sense and caution
- Among other things, I well know that he calculates largely on your prudence.†
Chpt 21
- Indeed he is not: I am quite alone in this place; Jennie, the woman who was with me, having rushed out to join her husband, and perishing for her imprudence.†
Chpt 22imprudence = the quality of lacking good sense and cautionstandard prefix: The prefix "im-" in imprudence means not and reverses the meaning of prudence. This prefix is sometimes used before words beginning with "M" or "P" as seen in words like immoral, immature, and impossible.
- "Red man," said June, lifting a finger in admonition to be prudent.†
Chpt 22
- The extinguishing of the fire proved to be the most prudent measure; for no sooner was the officer's back turned than one of the warriors in fact proposed to fire the blockhouse.†
Chpt 22
- That he was aware of the presence of the enemy was apparent by the great caution he observed, and she had every reliance on his prudence and address.†
Chpt 23prudence = good sense and caution
- Well, Sergeant, you had better compose your mind, and think of other matters; for, when a vessel is about to enter a strange port, it is more prudent to think of the anchorage inside than to be under-running all the events that have turned up during the v'y'ge.†
Chpt 24
- "We must be prudent, and we must be bold too," said he in a low voice.†
Chpt 24
- But the recollection rather quickened his intellect than changed his customary prudence.†
Chpt 24prudence = good sense and caution
- This Jasper is a young man of prudence, you find; for he keeps a good offing, and seems determined to know how matters stand on the island before he ventures to bring up.†
Chpt 25
- My mother always said, Master Pathfinder, that dying people's spirits should not be damped, but that they ought to be encouraged by all proper and prudent means; and this news will give the poor fellow a great lift, if he feels towards them savages any way as I feel myself.†
Chpt 28
Definitions:
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(1)
(prudent) sensible and careful
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Prudence is also a female name.