Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make into a proverb; turn into a proverb, or use proverbially; speak of in a proverb.
- To use proverbs.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb To turn into a proverb; to speak in proverbs.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To turn into a
proverb . - verb intransitive To speak in proverbs.
Etymologies
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Compare French proverbialiser.
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