Preve

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of prove. alt-of, obsolete

    "And thus your huſbandrye me thincke, is more like the life of a couetous ſnudge that ofte very euill preues, then the labour of a good huſbãde [husbande] that knoweth well what he doth."

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"And thus your huſbandrye me thincke, is more like the life of a couetous ſnudge that ofte very euill preues, then the labour of a good huſbãde [husbande] that knoweth well what he doth."

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