provect
English
Etymology
From Latin provectus, past participle of provehere (“to carry forward”).
Adjective
provect (comparative more provect, superlative most provect)
- (obsolete) Carried forward; advanced.
- Sir Thomas Elyot
- provect in years
- Sir Thomas Elyot
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for provect in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)