PPage 689
- English Word Proverb Definition To name in, or as, a proverb.
- English Word Proverb Definition To provide with a proverb.
- English Word Proverb Definition To write or utter proverbs.
- English Word Proverbial Definition Mentioned or comprised in a proverb; used as a proverb; hence, commonly known; as, a proverbial expression; his meanness was proverbial.
- English Word Proverbial Definition Of or pertaining to proverbs; resembling a proverb.
- English Word Proverbialism Definition A proverbial phrase.
- English Word Proverbialist Definition One who makes much use of proverbs in speech or writing; one who composes, collects, or studies proverbs.
- English Word Proverbialize Definition To turn into a proverb; to speak in proverbs.
- English Word Proverbially Definition In a proverbial manner; by way of proverb; hence, commonly; universally; as, it is proverbially said; the bee is proverbially busy.
- English Word Provessel Definition Openly declared, avowed, acknowledged, or claimed; as, a professed foe; a professed tyrant; a professed Christian.
- English Word Provexity Definition Great advance in age.
- English Word Provide Definition To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.
- English Word Provide Definition To supply; to afford; to contribute.
- English Word Provide Definition To furnish; to supply; -- formerly followed by of, now by with.
- English Word Provide Definition To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate; as, the contract provides that the work be well done.
- English Word Provide Definition To foresee.
- English Word Provide Definition To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See Provisor.
- English Word Provide Definition To procure supplies or means in advance; to take measures beforehand in view of an expected or a possible future need, especially a danger or an evil; -- followed by against or for; as, to provide against the inclemency of the weather; to provide for the education of a child.
- English Word Provide Definition To stipulate previously; to condition; as, the agreement provides for an early completion of the work.
- English Word Provided Definition of Provide