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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