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proverbed

proverbed is the simple past and past participle of proverb.

Meaning of proverb

Verb

proverb (third-person singular simple present proverbs, present participle proverbing, simple past and past participle proverbed)

  1. To write or utter proverbs.
  2. To name in, or as, a proverb.
    • Am I not sung and proverbed for a fool / In every street, do they not say, "How well / Are come upon him his deserts?"1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes, lines 203–205
  3. To provide with a proverb.
    • I am proverbed with a grandsire phrase.c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

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Questions about proverbed

What is proverbed the simple past and past participle of?
Proverbed is the simple past and past participle of proverb.

Words near proverbed in the dictionary

  1. Provençals
  2. Provençaux
  3. Provenço-
  4. prover
  5. proverb
  6. proverbed
  7. proverbial
  8. proverbialise
  9. proverbialised
  10. proverbialises
  11. proverbialising

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