||Pro`tu*re"ter (?), n. [NL. See Proto-, Ureter.] (Anat.) The duct of a
||pronephros. Haeckel.
Pro"tyle (?), n. [Proto- + Gr. &?; stuff, material.] (Chem. & Astron.)
The hypothetical homogeneous cosmic material of the original universe,
supposed to have been differentiated into what are recognized as
distinct chemical elements.
Proud (?), a. [Compar. Prouder (?); superl. Proudest.] [OE. proud,
prout, prud, prut, AS. prt; akin to Icel. prr stately, handsome, Dan.
prud handsome. Cf. Pride.] 1. Feeling or manifesting pride, in a good
or bad sense; as: (a) Possessing or showing too great self-esteem;
overrating one's excellences; hence, arrogant; haughty; lordly;
presumptuous.
Nor much expect A foe so proud will first the weaker seek.
Milton.
O death, made proud with pure and princely beauty !
Shak.
And shades impervious to the proud world's glare.
Keble.
(b) Having a feeling of high self-respect or self-esteem; exulting
(in); elated; -- often with of; as, proud of one's country. "Proud to
be checked and soothed." Keble.
Are we proud men proud of being proud ?
Thackeray.
2. Giving reason or occasion for pride or self-gratulation; worthy of
admiration; grand; splendid; magnificent; admirable; ostentatious. "Of
shadow proud." Chapman. "Proud titles." Shak. " The proud temple's
height." Dryden.
Till tower, and dome, and bridge-way proud Are mantled with a
golden cloud.
Keble.
3. Excited by sexual desire; -- applied particularly to the females of
some animals. Sir T. Browne.
Proud is often used with participles in the formation of compounds
which, for the most part, are self-explaining; as, proud-crested,
proud-minded, proud-swelling.
Proud flesh (Med.), a fungous growth or excrescence of granulations
resembling flesh, in a wound or ulcer.
Proud"ish (?), a. Somewhat proud. Ash.
Proud"ling, n. A proud or haughty person. Sylvester.
Proud"ly, adv. In a proud manner; with lofty airs or mien; haughtily;
arrogantly; boastfully.
Proudly he marches on, and void of fear.
Addison.
Proud"ness, n. The quality of being proud; pride.
Set aside all arrogancy and proudness.
Latimer.
Proust"ite (?), n. [From the French chemist, J. L. Proust.] (Min.) A
sulphide of arsenic and silver of a beautiful cochineal-red color,
occurring in rhombohedral crystals, and also massive; ruby silver.
Prov"a*ble (?), a. [See Prove, and cf. Probable.] Capable of being
proved; demonstrable. -- Prov"a*ble*ness, n. -- Prov"a*bly, adv.
{ Prov"and (?), Pro"ant (?), } n. [See Provender.] Provender or food.
[Obs.]
One pease was a soldier's provant a whole day.
Beau. & Fl.
Pro*vant" (?), v. t. To supply with provender or provisions; to provide
for. [Obs.] Nash.
Prov"ant (?), a. Provided for common or general use, as in an army;
hence, common in quality; inferior. "A poor provant rapier." B. Jonson.
Prove (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Proved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Proving.]
[OE. prover, F. prouver, fr. L. probare to try, approve, prove, fr.
probus good, proper. Cf. Probable, Proof, Probe.] 1. To try or to
ascertain by an experiment, or by a test or standard; to test; as, to
prove the strength of gunpowder or of ordnance; to prove the contents
of a vessel by a standard measure.
Thou hast proved mine heart.
Ps. xvii. 3.
2. To evince, establish, or ascertain, as truth, reality, or fact, by
argument, testimony, or other evidence.
They have inferred much from slender premises, and conjectured when
they could not prove.
J. H. Newman.
3. To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify;
as, to prove a will.
4. To gain experience of the good or evil of; to know by trial; to
experience; to suffer.
Where she, captived long, great woes did prove.
Spenser.
5. (Arith.) To test, evince, ascertain, or verify, as the correctness
of any operation or result; thus, in subtraction, if the difference
between two numbers, added to the lesser number, makes a sum equal to
the greater, the correctness of the subtraction is proved.
6. (Printing) To take a trial impression of; to take a proof of; as, to
prove a page.
Syn. -- To try; verify; justify; confirm; establish; evince; manifest;
show; demonstrate.
Prove, v. i. 1. To make trial; to essay.
2. To be found by experience, trial, or result; to turn out to be; as,
a medicine proves salutary; the report proves false. "The case proves
mortal." Arbuthnot.
So life a winter's morn may prove.
Keble.
3. To succeed; to turn out as expected. [Obs.] "The experiment proved
not." Bacon.
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.