Provant Pro·vant" transitive verb To supply with provender or provisions; to provide for. [ Obsolete]
Nash.
Provant Prov"ant adjective Provided for common or general use, as in an army; hence, common in quality; inferior. "A poor
provant rapier."
B. Jonson.
Prove Prove transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Proved ;
present participle & verbal noun Proving .] [ Middle English
prover , French
prouver , from Latin
probare to try, approve, prove, from
probus good, proper. Confer
Probable ,
Proof ,
Probe .]
1. To try or to ascertain by an experiment, or by a test or standard; to test; as, to prove the strength of gunpowder or of ordnance; to prove the contents of a vessel by a standard measure. Thou hast proved mine heart.
Ps. xvii. 3. 2. To evince, establish, or ascertain, as truth, reality, or fact, by argument, testimony, or other evidence. They have inferred much from slender premises, and conjectured when they could not prove .
J. H. Newman. 3. To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify; as, to prove a will. 4. To gain experience of the good or evil of; to know by trial; to experience; to suffer. Where she, captived long, great woes did prove .
Spenser. 5. (Arith.) To test, evince, ascertain, or verify, as the correctness of any operation or result; thus, in subtraction, if the difference between two numbers, added to the lesser number, makes a sum equal to the greater, the correctness of the subtraction is proved . 6. (Printing) To take a trial impression of; to take a proof of; as, to prove a page. Syn. -- To try; verify; justify; confirm; establish; evince; manifest; show; demonstrate.
Prove Prove intransitive verb 1. To make trial; to essay. 2. To be found by experience, trial, or result; to turn out to be; as, a medicine proves salutary; the report proves false. "The case
proves mortal."
Arbuthnot. So life a winter's morn may prove .
Keble. 3. To succeed; to turn out as expected. [ Obsolete] "The experiment
proved not."
Bacon.
Provect Pro·vect" adjective [ Latin
provectus , past participle of
provehere to carry forward.]
Carried forward; advanced. [ Obsolete] "
Provect in years."
Sir T. Flyot.
Provection Pro·vec"tion noun [ Latin
provectio an advancement.]
(Philol.) A carrying forward, as of a final letter, to a following word; as, for example, a nickname for an ekename .
Proveditor Pro·ved"i·tor noun [ Italian
proveditore ,
provveditore , from
provedere , Latin
providere . See
Provide , and confer
Purveyor ,
Provedore .]
One employed to procure supplies, as for an army, a steamer, etc.; a purveyor; one who provides for another. Jer. Taylor.
Provedore Prov"e·dore noun [ Confer Spanish
proveedor . See
Proveditor .]
A proveditor; a purveyor. Busied with the duties of a provedore .
W. Irving.
Proven Prov"en past participle or adjective Proved. "Accusations firmly
proven in his mind."
Thackeray. Of this which was the principal charge, and was generally believed to be proven , he was acquitted.
Jowett (Thucyd. ). Not proven (Scots Law) ,
a verdict of a jury that the guilt of the accused is not made out, though not disproved. Mozley & W.
Provenance Prov"e·nance noun [ French, from
provenir to originate, to come forth, Latin
provenire . Confer
Provenience .]
Origin; source; provenience. Their age attested by their provenance and associations.
A. H. Keane.
Provençal Pro`ven`çal" adjective [ French, from
Provence , from Latin
provincia province. See
Provincial .]
Of or pertaining to Provence or its inhabitants.
Provençal Pro`ven`çal" noun [ French]
1. A native or inhabitant of Provence in France. 2. The Provencal language. See Langue d'oc .
Provence rose Prov"ence rose` [ Provence the place + rose .] (a) The cabbage rose ( Rosa centifolia ). (b) A name of many kinds of roses which are hybrids of Rosa centifolia and R. Gallica .
Provencial Pro·ven"cial adjective [ See
Provençal .]
Of or pertaining to Provence in France.
Provend Prov"end noun See Provand . [ Obsolete]
Provender Prov"en·der noun [ Middle English
provende , French
provende , provisions, provender, from Late Latin
praebenda (
prae and
pro being confused), a daily allowance of provisions, a prebend. See
Prebend .]
1. Dry food for domestic animals, as hay, straw, corn, oats, or a mixture of ground grain; feed. "Hay or other
provender ."
Mortimer. Good provender laboring horses would have.
Tusser. 2. Food or provisions. [ R or Obsolete]
Provenience Pro·ve"ni·ence noun [ Latin
proveniens ,
-entis , p.pr. of
provenire to come forth;
pro forth +
venire to come.]
Origin; source; place where found or produced; provenance; -- used esp. in the fine arts and in archæology; as, the provenience of a patera.
Provenient Pro·ve"ni·ent adjective [ Latin
proveniens , p.pr.]
Forthcoming; issuing. [ Rare]
Provent Prov"ent noun See Provand . [ Obsolete]
Proventricle Pro·ven"tri·cle noun (Anat.) Proventriculus.
Proventriulus Pro`ven·tri"u·lus noun [ New Latin See
Pro- , and
Ventricle .]
(Anat.) The glandular stomach of birds, situated just above the crop.
Prover Prov"er noun One who, or that which, proves.
Proverb Prov"erb noun [ Middle English
proverbe , French
proverbe , from Latin
proverbium ;
pro before, for +
verbum a word. See
Verb .]
1. An old and common saying; a phrase which is often repeated; especially, a sentence which briefly and forcibly expresses some practical truth, or the result of experience and observation; a maxim; a saw; an adage. Chaucer. Bacon. 2. A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable. His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb .
John xvi. 29. 3. A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference. Thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb , and a by word, among all nations.
Deut. xxviii. 37. 4. A drama exemplifying a proverb. Book of Proverbs ,
a canonical book of the Old Testament, containing a great variety of wise maxims. Syn. -- Maxim; aphorism; apothegm; adage; saw.
Proverb Prov"erb transitive verb 1. To name in, or as, a proverb. [ R.]
Am I not sung and proverbed for a fool ?
Milton. 2. To provide with a proverb. [ R.]
I am proverbed with a grandsire phrase.
Shak.
Proverb Prov"erb intransitive verb To write or utter proverbs. [ R.]
Proverbial Pro·ver"bi·al adjective [ Latin
proverbialis : confer French
proverbial .]
1. Mentioned or comprised in a proverb; used as a proverb; hence, commonly known; as, a proverbial expression; his meanness was proverbial . In case of excesses, I take the German proverbial cure, by a hair of the same beast, to be the worst.
Sir W. Temple. 2. Of or pertaining to proverbs; resembling a proverb. "A
proverbial obscurity."
Sir T. Browne.
Proverbialism Pro·ver"bi·al·ism noun A proverbial phrase.
Proverbialist Pro·ver"bi·al·ist noun One who makes much use of proverbs in speech or writing; one who composes, collects, or studies proverbs.
Proverbialize Pro·ver"bi·al·ize transitive verb & i. [ Confer French
proverbialiser .]
To turn into a proverb; to speak in proverbs.
Proverbially Pro·ver"bi·al·ly adverb In a proverbial manner; by way of proverb; hence, commonly; universally; as, it is proverbially said; the bee is proverbially busy.
Provexity Pro·vex"i·ty noun [ Latin
provehere to advance. Confer
Provect .]
Great advance in age. [ Obsolete]
Provide Pro·vide" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Provided ;
present participle & verbal noun Providing .] [ Latin
providere ,
provisum ;
pro before +
videre to see. See
Vision , and confer
Prudent ,
Purvey .]
1. To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare. "
Provide us all things necessary."
Shak. 2. To supply; to afford; to contribute. Bring me berries, or such cooling fruit
As the kind, hospitable woods provide .
Milton. 3. To furnish; to supply; -- formerly followed by of , now by with . "And yet
provided him of but one."
Jer. Taylor. "Rome . . . was well
provided with corn."
Arbuthnot. 4. To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate; as, the contract provides that the work be well done. 5. To foresee. [ A
Latinism ] [ Obsolete]
B. Jonson. 6. To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See Provisor . Prescott.
Provide Pro·vide" intransitive verb 1. 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. Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants.
Burke. 2. To stipulate previously; to condition; as, the agreement provides for an early completion of the work.
Provided Pro·vid"ed conj. On condition; by stipulation; with the understanding; if; -- usually followed by that ; as, provided that nothing in this act shall prejudice the rights of any person whatever. Provided the deductions are logical, they seem almost indifferent to their truth.
G. H. Lewes. » This word is strictly a participle, and the word
being is understood, the participle
provided agreeing with the whole sentence absolute, and being equivalent to
this condition being previously stipulated or established .
Providence Prov"i·dence noun [ Latin
providentia : confer French
providence . See
Provident , and confer
Prudence .]
1. The act of providing or preparing for future use or application; a making ready; preparation. Providence for war is the best prevention of it.
Bacon. 2. Foresight; care; especially, the foresight and care which God manifests for his creatures; hence, God himself, regarded as exercising a constant wise prescience. The world was all before them, where to choose
Their place of rest, and Providence their guide.
Milton. 3. (Theol.) A manifestation of the care and superintendence which God exercises over his creatures; an event ordained by divine direction. He that hath a numerous family, and many to provide for, needs a greater providence of God.
Jer. Taylor. 4. Prudence in the management of one's concerns; economy; frugality. It is a high point of providence in a prince to cast an eye rather upon actions than persons.
Quarles.
Provident Prov"i·dent adjective [ Latin
providens ,
-entis , present participle of
providere : confer French
provident . See
Provide , and confer
Prudent .]
Foreseeing wants and making provision to supply them; prudent in preparing for future exigencies; cautious; economical; -- sometimes followed by of ; as, a provident man; an animal provident of the future. And of our good and of our dignity,
How provident he is.
Milton. Syn. -- Forecasting; cautious; careful; prudent; frugal; economical.
Providential Prov`i·den"tial adjective [ Confer French
providentiel .]
Effected by, or referable to, divine direction or superintendence; as, the providential contrivance of thing; a providential escape. --
Prov"i*den"tial*ly ,
adverb
Providently Prov"i·dent·ly adverb In a provident manner.
Providentness Prov"i·dent·ness noun The quality or state of being provident; carefulness; prudence; economy.
Provider Pro·vid"er noun One who provides, furnishes, or supplies; one who procures what is wanted.
Providore Prov"i·dore noun [ See
Provedore .]
One who makes provision; a purveyor. [ R.]
De Foe.
Province Prov"ince noun [ French, from Latin
provincia ; probably from
pro before, for + the root of
vincere to conquer. See
Victor .]
1. (Roman Hist.) A country or region, more or less remote from the city of Rome, brought under the Roman government; a conquered country beyond the limits of Italy. Wyclif (Acts xiii. 34). Milton. 2. A country or region dependent on a distant authority; a portion of an empire or state, esp. one remote from the capital. "Kingdoms and
provinces ."
Shak. 3. A region of country; a tract; a district. Over many a tract
of heaven they marched, and many a province wide.
Milton. Other provinces of the intellectual world.
I. Watts. 4. A region under the supervision or direction of any special person; the district or division of a country, especially an ecclesiastical division, over which one has jurisdiction; as, the province of Canterbury, or that in which the archbishop of Canterbury exercises ecclesiastical authority. 5. The proper or appropriate business or duty of a person or body; office; charge; jurisdiction; sphere. The woman's province is to be careful in her economy, and chaste in her affection.
Tattler. 6. Specif.: Any political division of the Dominion of Canada, having a governor, a local legislature, and representation in the Dominion parliament. Hence, colloquially, The Provinces , the Dominion of Canada.
Provincial Pro·vin"cial adjective [ Latin
provincialis : confer French
provincial . See
Province , and confer
Provencal .]
1. Of or pertaining to province; constituting a province; as, a provincial government; a provincial dialect. 2. Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province; not cosmopolitan; countrified; not polished; rude; hence, narrow; illiberal. "
Provincial airs and graces."
Macaulay. 3. Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical; as, a provincial synod. Ayliffe. 4. Of or pertaining to Provence; Provencal. [ Obsolete]
With two Provincial roses on my razed shoes.
Shak.
Provincial Pro·vin"cial noun 1. A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial. 2. (R. C. Ch.) A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a province of the order.
Provincialism Pro·vin"cial·ism noun [ Confer French
provincialisme .]
A word, or a manner of speaking, peculiar to a province or a district remote from the mother country or from the metropolis; a provincial characteristic; hence, narrowness; illiberality. M. Arnold.
Provincialist Pro·vin"cial·ist noun One who lives in a province; a provincial.
Provinciality Pro·vin`ci·al"i·ty noun The quality or state of being provincial; peculiarity of language characteristic of a province. T. Warton.
Provincialize Pro·vin"cial·ize transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Provincialized ;
present participle & verbal noun Provincializing .]
To render provincial. M. Arnold.
Provincially Pro·vin"cial·ly adverb In a provincial manner.
Provinciate Pro·vin"ci·ate transitive verb To convert into a province or provinces. [ Obsolete]
Howell.
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