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Proverb - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Proverb : (noun)
1: a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important
fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
[syn: adage, saw, byword]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
2. A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an
enigma; a parable.
His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou
plainly, and speakest no proverb. --John xvi.
29.
3. A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous
reference.
Thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a
by word, among all nations. --Deut.
xxviii. 37.
4. A drama exemplifying a proverb.
Book of Proverbs, a canonical book of the Old Testament,
containing a great variety of wise maxims.
Syn: Maxim; aphorism; apothegm; adage; saw.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Proverb : \Prov"erb\, v. t.
1. To name in, or as, a proverb. [R.]
Am I not sung and proverbed for a fool ? --Milton.
2. To provide with a proverb. [R.]
I am proverbed with a grandsire phrase. --Shak.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Proverb : \Prov"erb\, v. i.
To write or utter proverbs. [R.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Proverb : a trite maxim; a similitude; a parable. The Hebrew word thus
rendered (mashal) has a wide signification. It comes from a root
meaning "to be like," "parable." Rendered "proverb" in Isa.
14:4; Hab. 2:6; "dark saying" in Ps. 49:4, Num. 12:8. Ahab's
defiant words in answer to the insolent demands of Benhadad,
"Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he
that putteth it off," is a well known instance of a proverbial
saying (1 Kings 20:11).
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Proverb |
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beachroses: RT @dldavis2: No road is long with good company.
Turkish Proverb |
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CecyTxGaL: It is not becoming to play the fox, or to play up on both sides.
~Proverb, (Latin)~ |
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swwpc: @Thaksinlive Proverb ของไทยจึงแปลก ๆ เช่น..รู้อะไร.ไม่สู้รู้วิชา..รู้รักษาตัวรอดเป็นยอดดี(ตัวใครตัวมัน) หรือ..ทำแต่ดี อย่าทำเด่น จะเป็นภัย.. |
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