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Webster 1913 Edition


Prore

Prore

,
Noun.
[L.
prora
, Gr. [GREEK]: cf. It. & Sp.
prora
. See
Prow
,
Noun.
]
The prow or fore part of a ship.
[Poetic]
“Galleys with vermilion prores.”
Pope.

Webster 1828 Edition


Prore

PRORE

,
Noun.
[L. prora.] The prow or fore part of a ship. [Not in use, except in poetry.]
Pro re nata, [L.] according to exigencies or circumstances.

Definition 2024


prore

prore

English

Noun

prore (plural prores)

  1. (poetic, obsolete) The prow or fore part of a ship.
    • 1715, Homer, Iliad, translated by Alexander Pope, Book II,
      These in twelve galleys with vermilion prores
      Beneath his conduct sought the Phrygian shores..

Italian

Noun

prore f

  1. plural of prora

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