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Noun: proverb  'pró,vurb
  1. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
    - adage, saw, byword

Derived forms: proverbs

Type of: expression, locution, saying

Encyclopedia: Proverb

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proven
provenance
provencal
Provençal
Provence
provender
provenience
Proventil
prover
Provera
proverb
proverbial
proverbially
Proverbs
provide
provided
Providence
providence
provident
providential
providentially