Hypertext Webster Gateway: "primed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Prime \Prime\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Primed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Priming}.] [From {Prime}, a.]
1. To apply priming to, as a musket or a cannon; to apply a
primer to, as a metallic cartridge.
2. To lay the first color, coating, or preparation upon (a
surface), as in painting; as, to prime a canvas, a wall.
3. To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to
post; to coach; as, to prime a witness; the boys are
primed for mischief. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.
4. To trim or prune, as trees. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
5. (Math.) To mark with a prime mark.
{To prime a pump}, to charge a pump with water, in order to
put it in working condition.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
primed
adj : (usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or
strongly disposed; "in no fit state to continue"; "fit
to drop"; "laughing fit to burst"; "she was fit to
scream"; "primed for a fight"; "we are set to go at any
time" [syn: {fit(p)}, {primed(p)}, {set(p)}]
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