procere

English

Etymology

From Latin prōcērus (“tall”).

Adjective

procere (comparative more procere, superlative most procere)

1. (obsolete) Of high stature; tall.
   • 1664, John Evelyn, Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber:

     Such lignous and woody plants as are hard of substance, procere of stature, that are thick and solid, and stiffly adhere to the ground on which they stand.

Anagrams

• precore

Italian

Adjective

procere

1. feminine plural of procero

Anagrams

• creperò

Latin

Verb

procēre

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of procor
2. second-person singular present passive subjunctive of procō

Adjective

prōcēre

1. vocative masculine singular of prōcērus

References

• “procere”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “procere”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “procere”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.