| slovo | definícia |
prove
(mass) | prove
- dokázať, preukázať |
Prove
(gcide) | Prove \Prove\, v. i.
1. To make trial; to essay.
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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.
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So life a winter's morn may prove. --Keble.
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3. To succeed; to turn out as expected. [Obs.] "The
experiment proved not." --Bacon.
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Prove
(gcide) | Prove \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.
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Thou hast proved mine heart. --Ps. xvii. 3.
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2. To evince, establish, or ascertain, as truth, reality, or
fact, by argument, testimony, or other evidence.
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They have inferred much from slender premises, and
conjectured when they could not prove. --J. H.
Newman.
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3. To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of;
to verify; as, to prove a will.
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4. To gain experience of the good or evil of; to know by
trial; to experience; to suffer.
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Where she, captived long, great woes did prove.
--Spenser.
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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.
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6. (Printing) To take a trial impression of; to take a proof
of; as, to prove a page.
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Syn: To try; verify; justify; confirm; establish; evince;
manifest; show; demonstrate.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
approve
(mass) | approve
- súhlasiť, potvrdiť, schváliť |
approved
(mass) | approved
- schválený |
approves
(mass) | approves
- schvaľuje |
improve
(mass) | improve
- vylepšiť |
improvement
(mass) | improvement
- zlepšenie |
improvements
(mass) | improvements
- zlepšenie |
prove
(mass) | prove
- dokázať, preukázať |
provenance
(mass) | provenance
- pôvod |
provender
(mass) | provender
- jedlo |
provenience
(mass) | provenience
- pôvod |
proverb
(mass) | proverb
- príslovie |
Approve
(gcide) | Approve \Ap*prove"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Approved; p. pr. &
vb. n. Approving.] [OE. aproven, appreven, to prove, OF.
aprover, F. approuver, to approve, fr. L. approbare; ad +
probare to esteem as good, approve, prove. See Prove, and
cf. Approbate.]
1. To show to be real or true; to prove. [Obs.]
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Wouldst thou approve thy constancy? Approve
First thy obedience. --Milton.
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2. To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show
practically.
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Opportunities to approve . . . worth. --Emerson.
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He had approved himself a great warrior. --Macaulay.
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'T is an old lesson; Time approves it true. --Byron.
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His account . . . approves him a man of thought.
--Parkman.
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3. To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; as, to
approve the decision of a court-martial.
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4. To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to
think well of; as, we approve the measured of the
administration.
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5. To make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.
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The first care and concern must be to approve
himself to God. --Rogers.
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Note: This word, when it signifies to be pleased with, to
think favorably (of), is often followed by of.
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They had not approved of the deposition of James.
--Macaulay.
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They approved of the political institutions. --W.
Black.
[1913 Webster]Approve \Ap*prove"\ ([a^]p*pr[=oo]v"), v. t. [OF. aprouer; a (L.
ad) + a form apparently derived fr. the pro, prod, in L.
prodest it is useful or profitable, properly the preposition
pro for. Cf. Improve.] (Eng. Law)
To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit; -- said
esp. of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the
manor.
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Approved
(gcide) | Approve \Ap*prove"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Approved; p. pr. &
vb. n. Approving.] [OE. aproven, appreven, to prove, OF.
aprover, F. approuver, to approve, fr. L. approbare; ad +
probare to esteem as good, approve, prove. See Prove, and
cf. Approbate.]
1. To show to be real or true; to prove. [Obs.]
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Wouldst thou approve thy constancy? Approve
First thy obedience. --Milton.
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2. To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show
practically.
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Opportunities to approve . . . worth. --Emerson.
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He had approved himself a great warrior. --Macaulay.
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'T is an old lesson; Time approves it true. --Byron.
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His account . . . approves him a man of thought.
--Parkman.
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3. To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; as, to
approve the decision of a court-martial.
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4. To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to
think well of; as, we approve the measured of the
administration.
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5. To make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.
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The first care and concern must be to approve
himself to God. --Rogers.
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Note: This word, when it signifies to be pleased with, to
think favorably (of), is often followed by of.
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They had not approved of the deposition of James.
--Macaulay.
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They approved of the political institutions. --W.
Black.
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Approvedly
(gcide) | Approvedly \Ap*prov"ed*ly\, adv.
So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
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Approvement
(gcide) | Approvement \Ap*prove"ment\, n. [Obs.]
1. Approbation.
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I did nothing without your approvement. --Hayward.
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2. (Eng. Law) a confession of guilt by a prisoner charged
with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his
accomplish and a giving evidence against them in order to
obtain his own pardon. The term is no longer in use; it
corresponded to what is now known as turning king's (or
queen's) evidence in England, and state's evidence in the
United States. --Burrill. Bouvier.
[1913 Webster]Approvement \Ap*prove"ment\, n. (Old Eng. Law)
Improvement of common lands, by inclosing and converting them
to the uses of husbandry for the advantage of the lord of the
manor. --Blackstone.
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Approver
(gcide) | Approver \Ap*prov"er\, n.
1. One who approves. Formerly, one who made proof or trial.
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2. An informer; an accuser. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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3. (Eng. Law) One who confesses a crime and accuses another.
See 1st Approvement, 2.
[1913 Webster]Approver \Ap*prov"er\, n. [See 2d Approve, v. t.] (Eng. Law)
A bailiff or steward; an agent. [Obs.] --Jacobs.
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Book of Proverbs
(gcide) | Proverb \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.
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2. A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an
enigma; a parable.
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His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou
plainly, and speakest no proverb. --John xvi.
29.
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3. A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous
reference.
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Thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a
by word, among all nations. --Deut.
xxviii. 37.
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4. A drama exemplifying a proverb.
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Book of Proverbs, a canonical book of the Old Testament,
containing a great variety of wise maxims.
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Syn: Maxim; aphorism; apothegm; adage; saw.
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Counterprove
(gcide) | Counterprove \Coun`ter*prove"\ (koun`t?r-pr??v"), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Counterproved (-pr??vd"); p. pr. & vb. n.
Counterproving.]
To take a counter proof of, or a copy in reverse, by taking
an impression directly from the face of an original. See
Counter proof, under Counter.
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Counterproved
(gcide) | Counterprove \Coun`ter*prove"\ (koun`t?r-pr??v"), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Counterproved (-pr??vd"); p. pr. & vb. n.
Counterproving.]
To take a counter proof of, or a copy in reverse, by taking
an impression directly from the face of an original. See
Counter proof, under Counter.
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Disapprove
(gcide) | Disapprove \Dis`ap*prove\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disapproved; p.
pr. & vb. n. Disapproving.] [Pref. dis- + approve: cf. F.
d['e]approuver. Cf. Disapprobation.]
1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of
the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or
inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of
others.
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2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline
to sanction; as, the sentence of the court-martial was
disapproved by the commander in chief.
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Note: This verb is often followed by of; as, to disapprove of
an opinion, of such conduct. See Approve.
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Disapproved
(gcide) | Disapprove \Dis`ap*prove\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disapproved; p.
pr. & vb. n. Disapproving.] [Pref. dis- + approve: cf. F.
d['e]approuver. Cf. Disapprobation.]
1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of
the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or
inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of
others.
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2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline
to sanction; as, the sentence of the court-martial was
disapproved by the commander in chief.
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Note: This verb is often followed by of; as, to disapprove of
an opinion, of such conduct. See Approve.
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Disapprover
(gcide) | Disapprover \Dis`ap*prov"er\, n.
One who disapproves.
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Disimprove
(gcide) | Disimprove \Dis`im*prove"\, v. t.
To make worse; -- the opposite of improve. [R.] --Jer.
Taylor.
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To grow worse; to deteriorate.
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Disimprovement
(gcide) | Disimprovement \Dis`im*prove"ment\, n.
Reduction from a better to a worse state; as, disimprovement
of the earth; specific features which are worse than former
features; disimprovements in the new Windows operating
system.
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Disprove
(gcide) | Disprove \Dis*prove"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disproved; p. pr. &
vb. n. Disproving.] [Pref. dis- + prove: cf. OF.
desprover.]
1. To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
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That false supposition I advanced in order to
disprove it. --Atterbury.
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2. To disallow; to disapprove of. [Obs.] --Stirling.
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Disproved
(gcide) | Disprove \Dis*prove"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disproved; p. pr. &
vb. n. Disproving.] [Pref. dis- + prove: cf. OF.
desprover.]
1. To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
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That false supposition I advanced in order to
disprove it. --Atterbury.
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2. To disallow; to disapprove of. [Obs.] --Stirling.
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Disprover
(gcide) | Disprover \Dis*prov"er\, n.
One who disproves or confutes.
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Improve
(gcide) | Improve \Im*prove"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Improved; p. pr. &
vb. n. Improving.] [Pref. in- in + prove, in approve. See
Approve, Prove.]
1. To make better; to increase the value or good qualities
of; to ameliorate by care or cultivation; as, to improve
land. --Donne.
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I love not to improve the honor of the living by
impairing that of the dead. --Denham.
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2. To use or employ to good purpose; to make productive; to
turn to profitable account; to utilize; as, to improve
one's time; to improve his means. --Shak.
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We shall especially honor God by improving
diligently the talents which God hath committed to
us. --Barrow.
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A hint that I do not remember to have seen opened
and improved. --Addison.
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The court seldom fails to improve the opportunity.
--Blackstone.
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How doth the little busy bee
Improve each shining hour. --I. Watts.
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Those moments were diligently improved. --Gibbon.
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True policy, as well as good faith, in my opinion,
binds us to improve the occasion. --Washington.
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3. To advance or increase by use; to augment or add to; --
said with reference to what is bad. [R.]
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We all have, I fear, . . . not a little improved the
wretched inheritance of our ancestors. --Bp.
Porteus.
Syn: To better; meliorate; ameliorate; advance; heighten;
mend; correct; rectify; amend; reform.
[1913 Webster]Improve \Im*prove"\, v. t. [Pref. im- not + prove: cf. L.
improbare, F. improuver.]
1. To disprove or make void; to refute. [Obs.]
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Neither can any of them make so strong a reason
which another can not improve. --Tyndale.
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2. To disapprove; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure;
as, to improve negligence. [Obs.] --Chapman.
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When he rehearsed his preachings and his doing unto
the high apostles, they could improve nothing.
--Tyndale.
[1913 Webster]Improve \Im*prove"\, v. i.
1. To grow better; to advance or make progress in what is
desirable; to make or show improvement; as, to improve in
health.
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We take care to improve in our frugality and
diligence. --Atterbury.
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2. To advance or progress in bad qualities; to grow worse.
"Domitian improved in cruelty." --Milner.
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3. To increase; to be enhanced; to rise in value; as, the
price of cotton improves.
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To improve on or To improve upon, to make useful
additions or amendments to, or changes in; to bring nearer
to perfection; as, to improve on the mode of tillage.
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Improved
(gcide) | Improve \Im*prove"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Improved; p. pr. &
vb. n. Improving.] [Pref. in- in + prove, in approve. See
Approve, Prove.]
1. To make better; to increase the value or good qualities
of; to ameliorate by care or cultivation; as, to improve
land. --Donne.
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I love not to improve the honor of the living by
impairing that of the dead. --Denham.
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2. To use or employ to good purpose; to make productive; to
turn to profitable account; to utilize; as, to improve
one's time; to improve his means. --Shak.
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We shall especially honor God by improving
diligently the talents which God hath committed to
us. --Barrow.
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A hint that I do not remember to have seen opened
and improved. --Addison.
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The court seldom fails to improve the opportunity.
--Blackstone.
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How doth the little busy bee
Improve each shining hour. --I. Watts.
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Those moments were diligently improved. --Gibbon.
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True policy, as well as good faith, in my opinion,
binds us to improve the occasion. --Washington.
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3. To advance or increase by use; to augment or add to; --
said with reference to what is bad. [R.]
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We all have, I fear, . . . not a little improved the
wretched inheritance of our ancestors. --Bp.
Porteus.
Syn: To better; meliorate; ameliorate; advance; heighten;
mend; correct; rectify; amend; reform.
[1913 Webster]improved \improved\ adj.
1. advanced to a more desirable or valuable or excellent
state. Opposite of unimproved. [Narrower terms: {built,
reinforced}; cleared, tilled ; {developed; {grade ;
graded, graveled ] Also See: {restored.
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2. changed for the better; as, her improved behavior.
Syn: amended.
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improved
(gcide) | Improve \Im*prove"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Improved; p. pr. &
vb. n. Improving.] [Pref. in- in + prove, in approve. See
Approve, Prove.]
1. To make better; to increase the value or good qualities
of; to ameliorate by care or cultivation; as, to improve
land. --Donne.
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I love not to improve the honor of the living by
impairing that of the dead. --Denham.
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2. To use or employ to good purpose; to make productive; to
turn to profitable account; to utilize; as, to improve
one's time; to improve his means. --Shak.
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We shall especially honor God by improving
diligently the talents which God hath committed to
us. --Barrow.
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A hint that I do not remember to have seen opened
and improved. --Addison.
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The court seldom fails to improve the opportunity.
--Blackstone.
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How doth the little busy bee
Improve each shining hour. --I. Watts.
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Those moments were diligently improved. --Gibbon.
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True policy, as well as good faith, in my opinion,
binds us to improve the occasion. --Washington.
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3. To advance or increase by use; to augment or add to; --
said with reference to what is bad. [R.]
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We all have, I fear, . . . not a little improved the
wretched inheritance of our ancestors. --Bp.
Porteus.
Syn: To better; meliorate; ameliorate; advance; heighten;
mend; correct; rectify; amend; reform.
[1913 Webster]improved \improved\ adj.
1. advanced to a more desirable or valuable or excellent
state. Opposite of unimproved. [Narrower terms: {built,
reinforced}; cleared, tilled ; {developed; {grade ;
graded, graveled ] Also See: {restored.
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2. changed for the better; as, her improved behavior.
Syn: amended.
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Improvement
(gcide) | Improvement \Im*prove"ment\, n.
1. The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in
desirable qualities; progress toward what is better;
melioration; as, the improvement of the mind, of land,
roads, etc.
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I look upon your city as the best place of
improvement. --South.
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Exercise is the chief source of improvement in all
our faculties. --Blair.
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2. The act of making profitable use or applicaton of
anything, or the state of being profitably employed; a
turning to good account; practical application, as of a
doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse. "A
good improvement of his reason." --S. Clarke.
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I shall make some improvement of this doctrine.
--Tillotson.
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3. The state of being improved; betterment; advance; also,
that which is improved; as, the new edition is an
improvement on the old.
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The parts of Sinon, Camilla, and some few others,
are improvements on the Greek poet. --Addison.
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4. Increase; growth; progress; advance.
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There is a design of publishing the history of
architecture, with its several improvements and
decays. --Addison.
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Those vices which more particularly receive
improvement by prosperity. --South.
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5. pl. Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings,
clearings, drains, fences, etc., on land or premises; as,
to convey the land together with all improvements.
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6. (Patent Laws) A useful addition to, or modification of, a
machine, manufacture, or composition. --Kent.
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Improver
(gcide) | Improver \Im*prov"er\, n.
One who, or that which, improves.
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Linen prover
(gcide) | Linen \Lin"en\, n. [Prop. an adj. from OE. lin flax, AS.
l[imac]n flax, whence l[imac]nen made of flax; akin to OS.,
Icel., & MHG. l[imac]n flax and linen, G. lein, leinen,
linen, Sw. lin flax, Goth. lein linen, L. linum flax, linen,
Gr. li`non. Cf. Line, Linseed.]
1. Thread or cloth made of flax or (rarely) of hemp; -- used
in a general sense to include cambric, shirting, sheeting,
towels, tablecloths, etc.; as, bed linens "In linen white
as milk." --Robert of Brunne.
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2. Underclothing, esp. the shirt, as being, in former times,
chiefly made of linen.
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Linen draper, a dealer in linen.
Linen prover, a small microscope for counting the threads
in a given space in linen fabrics.
Linen scroll, Linen pattern (Arch.), an ornament for
filling panels, copied from the folds of a piece of stuff
symmetrically disposed.
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Misimprove
(gcide) | Misimprove \Mis`im*prove"\, v. t.
To use for a bad purpose; to abuse; to misuse; as, to
misimprove time, talents, advantages, etc. --South.
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Misimprovement
(gcide) | Misimprovement \Mis`im*prove"ment\, n.
Ill use or employment; use for a bad purpose.
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Not proven
(gcide) | Proven \Prov"en\, p. p. or a.
Proved. "Accusations firmly proven in his mind." --Thackeray.
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Of this which was the principal charge, and was
generally believed to beproven, he was acquitted.
--Jowett
(Thucyd. ).
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Not proven (Scots Law), a verdict of a jury that the guilt
of the accused is not made out, though not disproved.
--Mozley & W.
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Prove
(gcide) | Prove \Prove\, v. i.
1. To make trial; to essay.
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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.
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So life a winter's morn may prove. --Keble.
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3. To succeed; to turn out as expected. [Obs.] "The
experiment proved not." --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]Prove \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.
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Thou hast proved mine heart. --Ps. xvii. 3.
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2. To evince, establish, or ascertain, as truth, reality, or
fact, by argument, testimony, or other evidence.
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They have inferred much from slender premises, and
conjectured when they could not prove. --J. H.
Newman.
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3. To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of;
to verify; as, to prove a will.
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4. To gain experience of the good or evil of; to know by
trial; to experience; to suffer.
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Where she, captived long, great woes did prove.
--Spenser.
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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.
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6. (Printing) To take a trial impression of; to take a proof
of; as, to prove a page.
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Syn: To try; verify; justify; confirm; establish; evince;
manifest; show; demonstrate.
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Provect
(gcide) | Provect \Pro*vect"\, a. [L. provectus, p. p. of provehere to
carry forward.]
Carried forward; advanced. [Obs.] "Provect in years." --Sir
T. Flyot.
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Provection
(gcide) | Provection \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.
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Proved
(gcide) | Prove \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.
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Thou hast proved mine heart. --Ps. xvii. 3.
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2. To evince, establish, or ascertain, as truth, reality, or
fact, by argument, testimony, or other evidence.
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They have inferred much from slender premises, and
conjectured when they could not prove. --J. H.
Newman.
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3. To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of;
to verify; as, to prove a will.
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4. To gain experience of the good or evil of; to know by
trial; to experience; to suffer.
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Where she, captived long, great woes did prove.
--Spenser.
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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.
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6. (Printing) To take a trial impression of; to take a proof
of; as, to prove a page.
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Syn: To try; verify; justify; confirm; establish; evince;
manifest; show; demonstrate.
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Proveditor
(gcide) | Proveditor \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.
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Provedore
(gcide) | Provedore \Prov"e*dore\, n. [Cf. Sp. proveedor. See
Proveditor.]
A proveditor; a purveyor.
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Busied with the duties of a provedore. --W. Irving.
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Proven
(gcide) | Proven \Prov"en\, p. p. or a.
Proved. "Accusations firmly proven in his mind." --Thackeray.
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Of this which was the principal charge, and was
generally believed to beproven, he was acquitted.
--Jowett
(Thucyd. ).
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Not proven (Scots Law), a verdict of a jury that the guilt
of the accused is not made out, though not disproved.
--Mozley & W.
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Provenance
(gcide) | Provenance \Prov"e*nance\, n. [F., fr. provenir to originate, to
come forth, L. provenire. Cf. Provenience.]
Origin; source; provenience.
Their age attested by their provenance and
associations. --A. H. Keane.
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Provencal
(gcide) | Provencal \Pro`ven`[,c]al"\, a. [F., fr. Provence, fr. L.
provincia province. See Provincial.]
Of or pertaining to Provence or its inhabitants.
[1913 Webster]Provencal \Pro`ven`[,c]al"\, n. [F.]
1. A native or inhabitant of Provence in France.
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2. The Provencal language. See Langue d'oc.
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Provence rose
(gcide) | Provence rose \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 Rosa Gallica.
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Provencial
(gcide) | Provencial \Pro*ven"cial\, a. [See Proven[,c]al.]
Of or pertaining to Provence in France.
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Provend
(gcide) | Provend \Prov"end\, n.
See Provand. [Obs.]
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Provender
(gcide) | Provender \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.
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Good provender laboring horses would have. --Tusser.
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2. Food or provisions. [R or Obs.]
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Provenience
(gcide) | Provenience \Pro*ve"ni*ence\, n. [L. proveniens, -entis, p.pr.
of provenire to come forth; pro forth + venire to come.]
Origin; source; place where found or produced; provenance; --
used esp. in the fine arts and in arch[ae]ology; as, the
provenience of a patera.
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Provenient
(gcide) | Provenient \Pro*ve"ni*ent\, a. [L. proveniens, p.pr.]
Forthcoming; issuing. [Rare]
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Provent
(gcide) | Provent \Prov"ent\, n.
See Provand. [Obs.]
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Proventricle
(gcide) | Proventricle \Pro*ven"tri*cle\, n. (Anat.)
Proventriculus.
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Proventriulus
(gcide) | Proventriulus \Pro`ven*tri"u*lus\, n. [NL. See Pro-, and
Ventricle.] (Anat.)
The glandular stomach of birds, situated just above the crop.
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Prover
(gcide) | Prover \Prov"er\, n.
One who, or that which, proves.
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Proverb
(gcide) | Proverb \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.
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2. A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an
enigma; a parable.
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His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou
plainly, and speakest no proverb. --John xvi.
29.
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3. A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous
reference.
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Thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a
by word, among all nations. --Deut.
xxviii. 37.
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4. A drama exemplifying a proverb.
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Book of Proverbs, a canonical book of the Old Testament,
containing a great variety of wise maxims.
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Syn: Maxim; aphorism; apothegm; adage; saw.
[1913 Webster]Proverb \Prov"erb\, v. t.
1. To name in, or as, a proverb. [R.]
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Am I not sung and proverbed for a fool ? --Milton.
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2. To provide with a proverb. [R.]
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I am proverbed with a grandsire phrase. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Proverb \Prov"erb\, v. i.
To write or utter proverbs. [R.]
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Proverbial
(gcide) | Proverbial \Pro*ver"bi*al\, a. [L. proverbialis: cf. F.
proverbial.]
1. Mentioned or comprised in a proverb; used as a proverb;
hence, commonly known; as, a proverbial expression; his
meanness was proverbial.
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In case of excesses, I take the German proverbial
cure, by a hair of the same beast, to be the worst.
--Sir W.
Temple.
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2. Of or pertaining to proverbs; resembling a proverb. "A
proverbial obscurity." --Sir T. Browne.
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Proverbialism
(gcide) | Proverbialism \Pro*ver"bi*al*ism\, n.
A proverbial phrase.
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Proverbialist
(gcide) | Proverbialist \Pro*ver"bi*al*ist\, n.
One who makes much use of proverbs in speech or writing; one
who composes, collects, or studies proverbs.
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Proverbialize
(gcide) | Proverbialize \Pro*ver"bi*al*ize\, v. t. & i. [Cf. F.
proverbialiser.]
To turn into a proverb; to speak in proverbs.
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Proverbially
(gcide) | Proverbially \Pro*ver"bi*al*ly\, adv.
In a proverbial manner; by way of proverb; hence, commonly;
universally; as, it is proverbially said; the bee is
proverbially busy.
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Provexity
(gcide) | Provexity \Pro*vex"i*ty\, n. [L. provehere to advance. Cf.
Provect.]
Great advance in age. [Obs.]
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Reprove
(gcide) | Reprove \Re*prove"\ (r?-pr??v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reproved
(-pr??vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reproving.] [F. r['e]prouver,
OF. reprover, fr. L. reprobare. See Reprieve, Reprobate,
and cf. Reproof.]
1. To convince. [Obs.]
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When he is come, he will reprove the world of sin,
and of righteousness, and of judgment. --John xvi.
9.
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2. To disprove; to refute. [Obs.]
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Reprove my allegation, if you can. --Shak.
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3. To chide to the face as blameworthy; to accuse as guilty;
to censure.
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What if thy son
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Prove disobedient, and, reproved, retort,
"Wherefore didst thou beget me?" --Milton.
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4. To express disapprobation of; as, to reprove faults.
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He neither reproved the ordinance of John, neither
plainly condemned the fastings of the other men.
--Udall.
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Syn: To reprehend; chide; rebuke; scold; blame censure.
Usage: Reprove, Rebuke, Reprimand. These words all
signufy the expression of disapprobation. To reprove
implies greater calmness and self-possession. To
rebuke implies a more excited and personal feeling. A
reproof may be administered long after the offience is
committed, and is usually intended for the reformation
of the offender; a rebuke is commonly given at the
moment of the wrong, and is administered by way of
punishment and condemnation. A reprimand proceeds from
a person invested with authority, and is a formal and
offiscial act. A child is reproved for his faults, and
rebuked for his impudence. A military officer is
reprimanded for neglect or violation of duty.
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Reproved
(gcide) | Reprove \Re*prove"\ (r?-pr??v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reproved
(-pr??vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reproving.] [F. r['e]prouver,
OF. reprover, fr. L. reprobare. See Reprieve, Reprobate,
and cf. Reproof.]
1. To convince. [Obs.]
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When he is come, he will reprove the world of sin,
and of righteousness, and of judgment. --John xvi.
9.
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2. To disprove; to refute. [Obs.]
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Reprove my allegation, if you can. --Shak.
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3. To chide to the face as blameworthy; to accuse as guilty;
to censure.
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What if thy son
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Prove disobedient, and, reproved, retort,
"Wherefore didst thou beget me?" --Milton.
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4. To express disapprobation of; as, to reprove faults.
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He neither reproved the ordinance of John, neither
plainly condemned the fastings of the other men.
--Udall.
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Syn: To reprehend; chide; rebuke; scold; blame censure.
Usage: Reprove, Rebuke, Reprimand. These words all
signufy the expression of disapprobation. To reprove
implies greater calmness and self-possession. To
rebuke implies a more excited and personal feeling. A
reproof may be administered long after the offience is
committed, and is usually intended for the reformation
of the offender; a rebuke is commonly given at the
moment of the wrong, and is administered by way of
punishment and condemnation. A reprimand proceeds from
a person invested with authority, and is a formal and
offiscial act. A child is reproved for his faults, and
rebuked for his impudence. A military officer is
reprimanded for neglect or violation of duty.
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Reprover
(gcide) | Reprover \Re*prov"er\ (r?-pr??v"?r), n.
One who, or that which, reproves.
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Self-reproved
(gcide) | Self-reproved \Self`-re*proved"\, a.
Reproved by one's own conscience or one's own sense of guilt.
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To improve on
(gcide) | Improve \Im*prove"\, v. i.
1. To grow better; to advance or make progress in what is
desirable; to make or show improvement; as, to improve in
health.
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We take care to improve in our frugality and
diligence. --Atterbury.
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2. To advance or progress in bad qualities; to grow worse.
"Domitian improved in cruelty." --Milner.
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3. To increase; to be enhanced; to rise in value; as, the
price of cotton improves.
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To improve on or To improve upon, to make useful
additions or amendments to, or changes in; to bring nearer
to perfection; as, to improve on the mode of tillage.
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To improve upon
(gcide) | Improve \Im*prove"\, v. i.
1. To grow better; to advance or make progress in what is
desirable; to make or show improvement; as, to improve in
health.
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We take care to improve in our frugality and
diligence. --Atterbury.
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2. To advance or progress in bad qualities; to grow worse.
"Domitian improved in cruelty." --Milner.
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3. To increase; to be enhanced; to rise in value; as, the
price of cotton improves.
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To improve on or To improve upon, to make useful
additions or amendments to, or changes in; to bring nearer
to perfection; as, to improve on the mode of tillage.
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Unapproved
(gcide) | Unapproved \Unapproved\
See approved.Unapproved \Un`ap*proved"\, a.
1. Not approved.
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2. Not proved. [Obs.]
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