| DISAPPROVE | • disapprove v. (Intransitive) To condemn; to consider wrong or inappropriate; used with of. • disapprove v. To have or express an unfavorable opinion. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • disapprove v. (Transitive) To refuse to approve; reject. |
| DISIMPROVE | • disimprove v. (Transitive, rare) to make worse. • disimprove v. (Intransitive, rare) to deteriorate. • disimprove v. (Informal, rare, influenced by the German verb verschlimmbessern) To try to make something better but… |
| DISPROVERS | • disprovers n. Plural of disprover. • DISPROVER n. one who disproves. |
| MISIMPROVE | • misimprove v. (Transitive, archaic) To use for a bad purpose; to misuse. • MISIMPROVE v. to make worse by would-be improvement. |
| PREAPPROVE | • preapprove v. (Transitive) To approve beforehand, before execution or implementation. • PREAPPROVE v. to approve in advance. |
| PROVECTION | • provection n. (Linguistics) The carrying forward of a final consonant to a following word, as in "nickname" for "an ekename". • provection n. (Celtic linguistics) Devoicing of a voiced obstruent, either inside a word or as an initial consonant mutation. • PROVECTION n. the carrying forward of a sound at the end of a word to the beginning of the next (as 'a newt' from original from 'an ewt'). |
| PROVEDITOR | • proveditor n. One employed to procure supplies, as for an army, a steamer, etc.; a purveyor; one who provides for another. • PROVEDITOR n. a purveyor, also PROVEDITORE, PROVEDOR, PROVEDORE, PROVIDOR, PROVISOR. |
| PROVEDORES | • provedores n. Plural of provedore. • provedores n. Plural of provedor. • PROVEDORE n. a purveyor, also PROVEDITOR, PROVEDITORE, PROVEDOR, PROVIDOR, PROVISOR. |
| PROVENANCE | • provenance n. Place or source of origin. • provenance n. (Archaeology) The place and time of origin of some artifact or other object. See Usage note below. • provenance n. (Art) The history of ownership of a work of art. |
| PROVENCALE | Sorry, definition not available. |
| PROVENDERS | • provenders n. Plural of provender. • PROVENDER v. to supply with provender. |
| PROVERBIAL | • proverbial adj. Of, resembling, or expressed as a proverb, cliché, fable, or fairy tale. • proverbial adj. Not used in a literal sense, but as the subject of a well-known metaphor. • proverbial adj. Widely known; famous; stereotypical. |
| PROVERBING | • proverbing v. Present participle of proverb. • PROVERB v. to speak of proverbially. |
| REAPPROVED | • reapproved v. Simple past tense and past participle of reapprove. • REAPPROVE v. to approve again. |
| REAPPROVES | • reapproves v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reapprove. • REAPPROVE v. to approve again. |
| UNAPPROVED | • unapproved adj. Not approved. • unapproved adj. (Archaic) Not proven. • UNAPPROVED adj. not approved. |
| UNIMPROVED | • unimproved adj. Not improved. • UNIMPROVED adj. not improved. |
| UNREPROVED | • unreproved adj. Not reproved. • UNREPROVED adj. not reproved. |