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Proverb

Proverb (proverb)
n.(?)
Prov"erb
[OE. proverbe, F. proverbe, from L. 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

Proverb (proverb)
v. t.
Prov"erb
  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

Proverb (proverb)
v. i.
Prov"erb
  1. To write or utter proverbs.
    [R.]












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