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provect (iou)



provect verb trans. LME.
[Latin provect- pa. ppl stem of provehere, formed as PRO-1 + vehere carry.]
Carry forward or onward (lit. & fig.). LME-L18.
Philology. Change or mutate (a consonant) according to Grimm's Law; esp. in Celtic languages, change (a voiced consonant) into the corresponding voiceless consonant. Usu. in pass. Now rare. M19.