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Pro*vect" (?), a. [L. provectus, p. p. of provehere to carry forward.] Carried forward; advanced. [Obs.] "Provect in years." Sir T. Flyot.

Pro*vec"tion (?), n. [L. provectio an advancement.] (Philol.) A carrying forward, as of a final letter, to a following word; as, for example, a nickname for an ekename.

Pro*ved"i*tor (?), n. [It. proveditore, provveditore, fr. provedere, L. providere. See Provide, and cf. Purveyor, Provedore.] One employed to procure supplies, as for an army, a steamer, etc.; a purveyor; one who provides for another. Jer. Taylor.

Prov"e*dore (?), n. [Cf. Sp. proveedor. See Proveditor.] A proveditor; a purveyor.

Busied with the duties of a provedore.

W. Irving.

Prov"en (?), p. p. or a. Proved. "Accusations firmly proven in his mind." Thackeray.

Of this which was the principal charge, and was generally believed to beproven, 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.

||Pro`ven`Áal" (?), a. [F., fr. Provence, fr. L. provincia province. ||See Provincial.] Of or pertaining to Provence or its inhabitants.

||Pro`ven`Áal", n. [F.] 1. A native or inhabitant of Provence in ||France.

2. The Provencal language. See Langue d'oc.

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.

Pro*ven"cial (?), a. [See ProvenÁal.] Of or pertaining to Provence in France.

Prov"end (?), n. See Provand. [Obs.]

Prov"en*der (?), n. [OE. provende, F. provende, provisions, provender, fr. LL. 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 Obs.]

Prov"ent (?), n. See Provand. [Obs.]

Pro*ven"tri*cle (?), n. (Anat.) Proventriculus.

||Pro`ven*tri"u*lus (?), n. [NL. See Pro-, and Ventricle.] (Anat.) The ||glandular stomach of birds, situated just above the crop.

Prov"er (?), n. One who, or that which, proves.

Prov"erb (?), n. [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.