PROVABLE
PROVABLE, adjective [See Prove.] That may be proved.
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PROVABLY
PROVABLY, adverb In a manner capable of proof.
PROVAND
PRO'VAND, noun Provender. [Not in use.]
PROVE
PROVE, verb transitive prov. [Latin probo.]1. To try; to ascertain some unknown quality or truth by an experiment, or by a test or standard. Thus we prove the strength of gunpow...
PROVED
PROVED, participle passive Tried; evinced; experienced.
PROVEDITOR
PROVED'ITORPROVEDO'RE, noun A purveyor; one employed to procure supplies for an army.Proveditor, in Venice and other parts of Italy, is an officer who superintends matters of po...
PROVEDORE
PROVEDO'RE, n. A purveyor; one employed to procure supplies for an army.Proveditor, in Venice and other parts of Italy, is an officer who superintends matters of policy.
PROVEN
PROVEN, a word used by Socttish writers for proved.
PROVENCIAL
PROVEN'CIAL, adjective Pertaining to Provence, in France.
PROVENDER
PROV'ENDER, noun [Latin vivo, to live, and from vivanda; Eng.viand.]1. Dry food for beasts, usually meal, or a mixture of meal and cut straw or hay. In a more general sense, it ...
PROVER
PROVER, noun One that proves or tries; that which proves.
PROVERB
PROV'ERB, noun [Latin proverbium; pro and verbum, a word.]1. A short sentence often repeated, expressing a well known truth or common fact, ascertained by experience or observat...
PROVERBIAL
PROVERB'IAL, adjective Mentioned in a proverb; as a proverbial cure or remedy.In case of excesses, I take the German proverbial cure, by a hair of the same beast, to be the wors...
PROVERBIALIST
PROVERB'IALIST, noun One who speaks proverbs.
PROVERBIALIZE
PROVERB'IALIZE, verb transitive To make a proverb; to turn into a proverb, or to use proverbially. [Unusual.]
PROVERBIALLY
PROVERB'IALLY, adverb In a proverb; as, it is proverbially said.
PROVIDE
PROVI'DE, verb transitive [Latin provideo, literally to see before; pro and video, to see.]1. To procure beforehand; to get, collect or make ready for future use; to prepare.Abr...
PROVIDED
PROVI'DED, participle passive Procured beforehand; made ready for future use; supplied; furnished; stipulated.1. Stipulated as a condition, which condition is expressed in the f...
PROVIDENCE
PROV'IDENCE, noun [Latin providentia.]1. The act of providing or preparing for future use or application.Providence for war is the best prevention of it. [Now little used.]2. Fo...
PROVIDENT
PROV'IDENT, adjective Foreseeing wants and making provision to supply them; forecasting; cautious; prudent in preparing for future exigences; as a provident man; a provident ani...
PROVIDENTIAL
PROVIDEN'TIAL, adjective Effected by the providence of God; referable to divine providence; proceeding from divine direction or superintendence; as the providential contrivance ...
PROVIDENTIALLY
PROVIDEN'TIALLY, adverb By means of God's providence.Every animal is providentially directed to the use of its proper weapons.
PROVIDENTLY
PROV'IDENTLY, adverb With prudent foresight; with wise precaution in preparing for the future.
PROVIDER
PROVI'DER, noun One who provides, furnishes or supplies; one that procures what is wanted.
PROVINCE
PROV'INCE, noun [Latin provincia; usually supposed to be formed from pro and vinco, to conquer. This is very doubtful, as provinco was not used by the Romans.]1. Among the Roman...
PROVINCIAL
PROVIN'CIAL, adjective Pertaining to a province or relating to it; as a provincial government; a provincial dialect.1. Appendant to the principal kingdom or state; as provincial...
PROVINCIALISM
PROVIN'CIALISM, noun A peculiar word or manner of speaking in a province or district of country remote from the principal country or from the metropolis.