PROVERB

vt to provide with a proverb.

2. proverb ·vi to write or utter proverbs.

3. proverb ·vt to name in, or as, a proverb.

4. proverb ·noun a drama exemplifying a proverb.

5. proverb ·noun a familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference.

6. proverb ·noun a striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable.

7. proverb ·noun 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.