Thesaurus: proverb

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1. n. An old and common saying; a phrase which is often repeated; especially, a sentence which briefly and forcibly expresses some practical truth, or the result of experience and observation; a maxim; a saw; an adage.
2. n. A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable.
3. n. A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference.
4. n. A drama exemplifying a proverb.
5. v. t. To name in, or as, a proverb.
6. v. t. To provide with a proverb.
7. v. i. To write or utter proverbs.
8. n. a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
9. n:100 n. a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people