| APPROVE | • approve v. (Transitive) To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory. • approve v. (Transitive) To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of. • approve v. (Transitive, archaic) To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically. |
| IMPROVE | • improve v. (Transitive) To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something). • improve v. (Intransitive) To become better. • improve v. (Obsolete) To disprove or make void; to refute. |
| IMPROVS | • improvs n. Plural of improv. • improvs v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of improv. • IMPROV n. (colloquial) improvisational comedy, also IMPRO. |
| PROVAND | • provand n. (Dated) provender. • PROVAND n. an allowance of food, also PROVEND, PROVENDER, PROVIANT. |
| PROVANT | • provant adj. (Obsolete) Provided for common or general use, as in an army; hence, common in quality; inferior. • provant n. (Obsolete) provender; food. • provant v. (Obsolete, transitive) To supply with provender or provisions; to provide for. |
| PROVEND | • provend n. Obsolete form of provand. • PROVEND n. an allowance of food, also PROVAND, PROVENDER, PROVIANT. |
| PROVERB | • proverb n. A phrase expressing a basic truth which may be applied to common situations. • proverb n. A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable. • proverb n. A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference. |
| PROVERS | • provers n. Plural of prover. • PROVER n. one who proves. |
| PROVIDE | • provide v. To make a living; earn money for necessities. • provide v. To act to prepare for something. • provide v. To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate. |
| PROVINE | • provine v. (Obsolete) To lay a stock or branch of a vine in the ground for propagation. • PROVINE v. to propagate by layering. |
| PROVING | • proving v. Present participle of prove. • proving n. (Homeopathy) Experimentation to determine which substances cause which effects when ingested. • PROVING n. the act of proving. |
| PROVISO | • proviso n. A conditional provision to an agreement. • PROVISO n. (Latin) a clause in a document containing a condition. |
| PROVOKE | • provoke v. (Transitive) To cause someone to become annoyed or angry. • provoke v. (Transitive) To bring about a reaction. • provoke v. (Obsolete) To appeal. |
| PROVOST | • provost n. One placed in charge: a head, a chief, particularly… • provost n. A senior deputy, a superintendent, particularly… • provost n. (UK, military slang, obsolete) A provost cell: a military cell or prison. |
| REPROVE | • reprove v. (Intransitive) to express disapproval. • reprove v. (Transitive) to criticise, rebuke or reprimand (someone), usually in a gentle and kind tone. • reprove v. (Transitive) to deny or reject (A feeling, behaviour, action etc.). |