- 2. Try, test, examine, make trial of, assay, put to the test, experiment upon, submit to the test or proof.
- 3. Experience, suffer.
Prove, v. n.
- 1. Turn out, be found to be.
- 2. Essay, make trial.
- 3. Make certain.
Provender, n. Dry food (as hay, corn, etc., for brutes), fodder, forage.
Proverb, n.
- 1. Adage, maxim, saying, dictum, saw, aphorism, apothegm, by-word.
- 2. By-word, expression of contempt.
Proverbial, a. Notorious, current, acknowledged, unquestioned.
Provide, v. a.
- 1. Prepare, procure, get ready, make ready, arrange, collect for use.
- 2. Supply, furnish, contribute, yield, produce, afford.
- 3. [Followed by with.] Furnish, supply.
Provide, v. n.
- 1. Cater, furnish supplies.
- 2. Take measures, make provision, prepare, arrange.
- 3. Stipulate, bargain, contract, engage, agree, covenant.
Provided, conj. If, on condition, with the understanding, granted, supposing, on these terms, by stipulation.
Providence, n.
- 1. Divine government, divine superintendence.