<B>proud, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>thinking well of oneself. <BR> <I>Ex. The vile are only vain; the great are proud (Byron).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>feeling or showing great pleasure or satisfaction. <BR> <I>Ex. I am proud to call him my friend.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>having a becoming sense of what is due oneself, or one's position or character. <BR> <I>Ex. The hungry man was too proud to beg for food.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>thinking too well of oneself; haughty; arrogant. <BR> <I>Ex. a proud, insolent man. This proud fellow ... who scorns us all (Tennyson).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>very pleasing to one's feelings or one's pride; very honorable, creditable, or gratifying. <BR> <I>Ex. It was a proud moment for my cousin when he shook hands with the President.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>proceeding from pride; due to pride. <BR> <I>Ex. a proud smile, a father's proud look at his child.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>grand; magnificent; imposing; stately; majestic. <BR> <I>Ex. proud cities. The big ship was a proud sight.</I> <DD><B> 8. </B>of exalted rank or station. <BR> <I>Ex. proud nobles.</I> <DD><B> 9. </B>full of spirit or mettle. <BR> <I>Ex. a proud stallion.</I> <DD><B> 10. </B>(Obsolete.) valiant; brave. <BR><I>expr. <B>do one proud,</B> </I>(Informal.) to make proud; do very well; gratify highly. <BR> <I>Ex. They haven't done you very proud, have they? (Graham Greene).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>proud of,</B> </I>thinking well of; being well satisfied with; proud because of. <BR> <I>Ex. to be proud of oneself, to be proud of one's family.</I> adv. <B>proudly.</B> noun <B>proudness.</B> </DL>
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<B>proud flesh,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the formation of granular tissue which occurs occasionally during normal healing of a wound or sore. </DL>
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<B>proudful, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Dialect.) full of pride; very proud. </DL>
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<B>proud-hearted, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having or showing pride; haughty. <BR> <I>Ex. And so, proud-hearted Warwick, I defy thee (Shakespeare).</I> </DL>
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<B>Proustian, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of, having to do with, or suggestive of the novelist Marcel Proust or his works. <BR> <I>Ex. The salutes, the flag being lowered at sunset, the bugler sounding recall--I found myself remembering every detail with an almost Proustian clarity (New Yorker). Best, perhaps, are the evocations of childhood, which reveal a Proustian sensibility (Punch).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a student or admirer of the works of Proust. <BR> <I>Ex. I have heard Durrell fans celebrating the enchantments of Justine and Balthazar with the fervor one encounters among pious Proustians (Atlantic).</I> </DL>
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<B>proustite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a mineral consisting of a sulfide of arsenic and silver, occurring in crystals or masses of a red color; light ruby silver. <BR> <I>Ex. The ruby silver minerals, proustite and pyrargyrite, are of minor importance as sources of silver (W. R. Jones).</I> </DL>
<B>prove, </B>verb, <B>proved,</B> <B>proved</B> or <B>proven,</B> <B>proving.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to show as true and right; make certain; demonstrate the truth of by evidence or argument. <BR> <I>Ex. to prove that one is right, to prove a point.</I> (SYN) corroborate, verify, confirm. <DD><B> 2. </B>to give demonstration or proof of by action. <BR> <I>Ex. to prove one's skill. Ev'ry knight is proud to prove his worth (John Dryden).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to establish the genuineness or validity of, especially of a will. <BR> <I>Ex. One [executor] alone is competent to prove a will and carry out its provisions (Whitaker's Almanac).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to subject to some testing process; try out; test. <BR> <I>Ex. to prove a new tool.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>to test the correctness of (a mathematical calculation). <BR> <I>Ex. Prove these answers. Multiplication can be proved by division.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>to find out by experience; know because of having tested; have experience of; experience. <BR> <I>Ex. We have proved his good temper.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>(Law.) to obtain probate of (a will). <DD><B> 8. </B>(Archaic.) to put to the test; try the qualities of. <BR> <I>Ex. The exception proves the rule. Prove all things; hold fast that which is good (I Thessalonians 5:21).</I> <DD><B> 9. </B>(Printing.) to take a proof of (type, a plate, or engraving). <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to be found to be; turn out. <BR> <I>Ex. This book proved interesting. He has proved capable as an administrator.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) to make a trial (of something). <BR><I>expr. <B>prove out,</B> </I>to show or be shown, by means of a testing process, as ready and safe for use. <BR> <I>Ex. The ... irrigation project, a vast complex, can't prove out until a great deal more money is spent on it (Wall Street Journal).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>prove up,</B> (U.S.) <DD><B> a. </B>to show that the requirements of the law for taking up (government land, mineral rights, or the like) have been fulfilled, so that a patent may be issued. </I> <I>Ex. A number of promising discoveries had also been made and were now being proved up (North Star).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to adduce the proof of right. <BR> <I>Ex. My wife proved up on her Cherokee blood (J. H. Beadle).</I> </DL>
<B>provection, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Linguistics.) the carrying of a terminal letter of a word to the begining of the succeeding word, as in a <I>newt</I> for <I>an ewt.</I> </DL>
<B>proved</B> or <B>proven reserves,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the amount of oil or natural gas that can be removed profitably from available sources. <BR> <I>Ex. In considering resources of oil and gas one encounters a category that has no exact counterpart in world coal statistics; the concept of "proved reserves." The term refers to discovered and well-delineated reserves that can be extracted by available techniques at current costs and sold at current prices (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
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<B>proven, </B>verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> proved; a past participle of <B>prove.</B> <BR> <I>Ex. We do not wish guilty persons to get away. Neither do we wish innocent persons or persons not yet proven guilty to be subjected to unlawful and unconstitutional procedures (New York Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>provenance, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> source; origin. <BR> <I>Ex. If a specimen fluoresces with a different color from that of a genuine specimen of the same provenance and period, the chances are that it is spurious (George Savage).</I> </DL>
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<B>Provencal, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a person born or living in Provence, a region in southeastern France bordering the Mediterranean. <DD><B> 2. </B>the Romance language spoken in Provence; langue d'oc. In its medieval form, Old Provencal, it was widely known in Europe as one of the principal languages used by the troubadours. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with Provence, its people, or their language. </DL>
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<B>provender, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>dry food for animals, such as hay or corn. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal.) food. </DL>
<B>proventriculus, </B>noun, pl. <B>-li.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the soft first (true or glandular) stomach of a bird, which secretes gastric juices. It lies between the crop and gizzard. <DD><B> 2. </B>the digestive chamber between the crop and stomach (midgut) in insects. <DD><B> 3. </B>a muscular crop in worms. </DL>
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<B>prover, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person or thing that proves or tries. <DD><B> 2. </B>a skilled workman employed to strike off proofs from engraved plates. </DL>
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<B>proverb, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a short wise saying used for a long time by many people. "Haste makes waste" is a proverb. <BR> <I>Ex. Fast bind, fast find; A proverb never stale in thrifty mind (Shakespeare).</I> (SYN) adage, maxim, saw. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) a well-known case. <BR> <I>Ex. He is a proverb for carelessness. This house ... will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people (I Kings 9:7).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to say in the form of a proverb; speak of proverbially. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to make a byword of. <BR> <I>Ex. Am I not sung and proverbed for a fool in every street? (Milton).</I> </DL>
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<B>proverbial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>of a proverb. <DD><B> b. </B>expressed in a proverb. <BR> <I>Ex. proverbial wisdom.</I> <DD><B> c. </B>like a proverb. <BR> <I>Ex. proverbial brevity, a proverbial saying.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>that has become a proverb. <BR> <I>Ex. the proverbial stitch in time.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) well-known. <BR> <I>Ex. the proverbial loyalty of dogs, the proverbial London fog.</I> (SYN) unquestioned, familiar. adv. <B>proverbially.</B> </DL>
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<B>proverbialist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who originates, collects, or uses proverbs. </DL>
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<B>Proverbs, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> a book of the Old Testament made up of sayings of the wise men of Israel, including Solomon. (Abbr:) Prov. </DL>
