"profian" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Old English]

IPA: /ˈproː.fi.ɑn/, [ˈproː.vi.ɑn]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *prōbōn, from Late Latin probō (“test, try, examine, approve, show to be good or fit, prove”, verb), from probus (“good, worthy, excellent”), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-bʰuH-s (“being in front, prominent”), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-, *per- (“toward”) + Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to be”). Related to Old Frisian prōvia, Old Norse prófa. More at for, be. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*prōbōn}} Proto-West Germanic *prōbōn, {{der|ang|LL.|probō||test, try, examine, approve, show to be good or fit, prove|pos=verb}} Late Latin probō (“test, try, examine, approve, show to be good or fit, prove”, verb), {{m|la|probus||good, worthy, excellent}} probus (“good, worthy, excellent”), {{der|ang|ine-pro|*pro-bʰuH-s||being in front, prominent}} Proto-Indo-European *pro-bʰuH-s (“being in front, prominent”), {{der|ang|ine-pro|*pro-}} Proto-Indo-European *pro-, {{m|ine-pro|*per-||toward}} *per- (“toward”), {{der|ang|ine-pro|*bʰuH-||to be}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to be”), {{cog|ofs|prōvia}} Old Frisian prōvia, {{cog|non|prófa}} Old Norse prófa, {{l|en|for}} for, {{l|en|be}} be Head templates: {{ang-verb|prōfian}} prōfian Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|prōfian<w2>}} Forms: prōfian [canonical], weak [table-tags], prōfian [infinitive], prōfienne [infinitive], prōfiġe [first-person, present, singular], prōfode [first-person, past, singular], prōfast [present, second-person, singular], prōfodest [past, second-person, singular], prōfaþ [present, singular, third-person], prōfode [past, singular, third-person], prōfiaþ [plural, present], prōfodon [past, plural], prōfiġe [present, singular], prōfode [past, singular], prōfiġen [plural, present], prōfoden [past, plural], prōfa [imperative, past, present, singular], prōfiaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], prōfiende [imperative, present], prōfod [imperative, past], ġeprōfod [imperative, past]
  1. to esteem; regard as
    Sense id: en-profian-ang-verb-0ZHcLUfo
  2. to test, try, prove
    Sense id: en-profian-ang-verb-Uhm9GYY6
  3. to show evidence of, evince
    Sense id: en-profian-ang-verb-2SfGC7LL Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 11 28 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: *prōfung

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