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in Grammar, one of the parts of speech, being an indeclinable particle which yet serves to govern the nouns that follow it; such as per, pro, propter; and through, for, with, &c.

F. Buffier allows it to be only a modificative of a part of speech, serving to circumstantiate a noun.

PEPUCUE, in Anatomy, the foreskin, being a prolongation of the cutis of the penis, covering the glans. See Penis, Anatomy Index.