procere
English
Adjective
procere (comparative more procere, superlative most procere)
- (obsolete) Of high stature; tall.
- 1664, John Evelyn, Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber:
- Such lignous and woody plants as are hard of substance, procere of stature, that are thick and solid, and stiffly adhere to the ground on which they stand.
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
procēre
References
- “procere”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “procere”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- procere in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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