English Explanatory Dictionary

proverse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Describing the tendency of a plane to roll in the same direction as yaw.
  2. Favourable; in line with one's interests or desires.
  3. In the typical or canonical direction, order, or orientation.
  4. Curved backward or downward.
  5. Narrower at the top.

Word forms

proverse more proverse most proverse

Etymology

From Latin prōversus (“turned forwards”), perfect passive participle of prōvertō (“to turn forwards”), from prō- (“before, in front of”) + vertō (“to turn”). By surface analysis, pro- + -verse. Doublet of prose.

Antonyms

adverse converse reverse
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