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ApprovingApproving Ap*prov"ing, a.
Expressing approbation; commending; as, an approving smile.
-- Ap*prov"ing*ly, adv. ApprovinglyApproving Ap*prov"ing, a.
Expressing approbation; commending; as, an approving smile.
-- Ap*prov"ing*ly, adv. Comprovincial
Comprovincial Com`pro*vin"cial, a.
Belonging to, or associated in, the same province. [Obs.] --
n. One who belongs to the same province. [Obs.]
The six islands, comprovincial In ancient times unto
Great Britain. --Spenser.
CounterprovingCounterprove 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. Deprovincialize
Deprovincialize De`pro*vin"cial*ize, v. t.
To divest of provincial quality or characteristics.
Disapprovingly
Disapprovingly Dis`ap*prov"ing*ly, adv.
In a disapproving manner.
DisprovingDisprove 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.
That false supposition I advanced in order to
disprove it. --Atterbury.
2. To disallow; to disapprove of. [Obs.] --Stirling. Extraprovincial
Extraprovincial Ex`tra*pro*vin"cial, a.
Not within of pertaining to the same province or
jurisdiction. --Ayliffe.
ImprovingImproving Im*prov"ing, a.
Tending to improve, beneficial; growing better. --
Im*prov"ing*ly, adv.
Improving lease (Scots Law), an extend lease to induce the
tenant to make improvements on the premises. Improving leaseImproving Im*prov"ing, a.
Tending to improve, beneficial; growing better. --
Im*prov"ing*ly, adv.
Improving lease (Scots Law), an extend lease to induce the
tenant to make improvements on the premises. ImprovinglyImproving Im*prov"ing, a.
Tending to improve, beneficial; growing better. --
Im*prov"ing*ly, adv.
Improving lease (Scots Law), an extend lease to induce the
tenant to make improvements on the premises. ProvincialProvincial Pro*vin"cial, a. [L. provincialis: cf. F.
provincial. See Province, and cf. Provencal.]
1. Of or pertaining to province; constituting a province; as,
a provincial government; a provincial dialect.
2. Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province;
characteristic of the inhabitants of a province; not
cosmopolitan; countrified; not polished; rude; hence,
narrow; illiberal. ``Provincial airs and graces.'
--Macaulay.
3. Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the
jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical; as, a
provincial synod. --Ayliffe.
4. Of or pertaining to Provence; Provencal. [Obs.]
With two Provincial roses on my razed shoes. --Shak. Provincial
Provincial Pro*vin"cial, n.
1. A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial.
2. (R. C. Ch.) A monastic superior, who, under the general of
his order, has the direction of all the religious houses
of the same fraternity in a given district, called a
province of the order.
Provincialism
Provincialism Pro*vin"cial*ism, n. [Cf. F. provincialisme.]
A word, or a manner of speaking, peculiar to a province or a
district remote from the mother country or from the
metropolis; a provincial characteristic; hence, narrowness;
illiberality. --M. Arnold.
Provincialist
Provincialist Pro*vin"cial*ist, n.
One who lives in a province; a provincial.
Provinciality
Provinciality Pro*vin`ci*al"i*ty, n.
The quality or state of being provincial; peculiarity of
language characteristic of a province. --T. Warton.
ProvincializeProvincialize Pro*vin"cial*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Provincialized; p. pr. & vb. n. Provincializing.]
To render provincial. --M. Arnold. ProvincializedProvincialize Pro*vin"cial*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Provincialized; p. pr. & vb. n. Provincializing.]
To render provincial. --M. Arnold. ProvincializingProvincialize Pro*vin"cial*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Provincialized; p. pr. & vb. n. Provincializing.]
To render provincial. --M. Arnold. Provincially
Provincially Pro*vin"cial*ly, adv.
In a provincial manner.
Provinciate
Provinciate Pro*vin"ci*ate, v. t.
To convert into a province or provinces. [Obs.] --Howell.
ProvineProvine Pro*vine", v. i. [F. provingner, fr. provin a set,
layer of a plant, OF. provain, from L. propago, -aginis, akin
to propagare to propagate. See Propagate, Prune, v. t.]
To lay a stock or branch of a vine in the ground for
propagation. [Obs.] --Johnson. ProvingProve 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.
Thou hast proved mine heart. --Ps. xvii. 3.
2. To evince, establish, or ascertain, as truth, reality, or
fact, by argument, testimony, or other evidence.
They have inferred much from slender premises, and
conjectured when they could not prove. --J. H.
Newman.
3. To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of;
to verify; as, to prove a will.
4. To gain experience of the good or evil of; to know by
trial; to experience; to suffer.
Where she, captived long, great woes did prove.
--Spenser.
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.
6. (Printing) To take a trial impression of; to take a proof
of; as, to prove a page.
Syn: To try; verify; justify; confirm; establish; evince;
manifest; show; demonstrate. Reprovingly
Reprovingly Re*prov"ing*ly, adv.
In a reproving manner.
Self-reprovingly
Self-reprovingly Self`-re*prov"ing*ly, adv.
In a self-reproving way.
Meaning of Provin from wikipedia
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Provin (French pronunciation: [pʁɔv'ɛ̃]) is a
commune in the Nord
department in
northern France.
Communes of the Nord
department "Répertoire
national des...
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Provins (French pronunciation: [pʁɔvɛ̃] ) is a
commune in the Seine-et-Marne
department in the Île-de-France
region in north-central France.
Known for...
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Provin Mountain is a very
narrow traprock mountain ridge located in the
Connecticut River Valley of M****achusetts. It is part of the
Metacomet Ridge which...
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Feeding Hills contains one
quarter of the
total po****tion, as well as
Provin Mountain, the
highest point in the town, and many moderate-sized farms....
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Huelva (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈwelβa] ) is a
province of
southern Spain, in the
western part of the
autonomous community of Andalusia. It is bordered...
- WRDM,
serving the
Pioneer Valley. This station's
transmitter is
located on
Provin Mountain in the
Feeding Hills section of Agawam, M****achusetts. WRDM-CD...
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Bernina De
Santis (21
October 1932 – 4
December 1985) was an
Italian actress. Born in Ronciglione, as a
child De
Santis won a
beauty contest and at young...
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Theobald of
Provins (French:
Saint Thibaut, Thibault, Thiébaut) (1033–1066) was a
French hermit and saint. He was born at
Provins to the
French nobility...
- 09%) is water. The
highest point in
Agawam is the 640-foot (195 m)-tall
Provin Mountain, a
ridge that,
along with the
southern part of East Mountain, forms...
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Guiot de
Provins, also
spelled Guyot (died
after 1208), was a
French poet and trouvère from the town of
Provins in the
Champagne area. A
declining number...
