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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

procinctus

, fr.

procingere

procinctum

, to gird up.]

A state of complete readiness for action.

[Obs.]

“War in procinct.”

Milton.

Noun.

[L. procinctus; procingo, to prepare, that is, to gird.] Complete preparation for action. [Little used.]

procinct ‎(uncountable)

(obsolete) A state of complete readiness for action.
- Milton
  War he perceiv'd, war in procinct, and found
  Already known what he for news had thought
  To have reported […]