Definition of Proverbs. Meaning of Proverbs. Synonyms of Proverbs

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Definition of Proverbs

Proverb
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.
Proverb
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.
Proverb
Proverb Prov"erb, v. i. To write or utter proverbs. [R.]

Meaning of Proverbs from wikipedia

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- The Book of Proverbs (Hebrew: מִשְלֵי, Mišlê; Gr****: Παροιμίαι; Latin: Liber Proverbiorum, "Proverbs (of Solomon)") is a book in the third section (called...
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- Proverbs consists of some of the commonly used by Tamil people and their diaspora all over the world. There were thousands and thousands of proverbs were...
- Russian proverbs originated in oral history and written texts dating as far back as the 12th century.[citation needed] The Russian language is replete...
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- proverbial, or Proverbs in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A proverb is a simple and concrete saying po****rly known and repeated. Proverb or Proverbs may also...
- Proverbs 31 is the 31st and final chapter of the Book of Proverbs in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. Verses 1 to 9 present...
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