provect

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adjective

mature; advanced (in age)

OriginLatin provectus →
Scrabble 14
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Meanings

adjectiveprovect (comparative more provect, superlative most provect)

comparative more provect · superlative most provect

  1. obsoletemature; advanced (in age)

    provect in yeres

    1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC
verbprovect (third-person singular simple present provects, present participle provecting, simple past and past participle provected)

present singular third person provects · participle present provecting · participle past provected · past provected

  1. human sciencesTo modify by provection

Origin

  1. Latinprovectus
  2. Englishprovect

From Latin provectus, past participle of provehere (“to carry forward”).

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “provect,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/provect.

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