Pro , adv. For, on, or in behalf of, the affirmative side; -- in contrast with con.
Pro and con, for and against, on the affirmative and on the negative side; as, they debated the question pro and con; -- formerly used also as a verb. -- Pros and cons,
the arguments or reasons on either side.
||Pro , prep. [L.; akin to prae before, Gr. &?;, and E. for. See For, prep., and cf. Prior, a.]
A Latin preposition
signifying for, before, forth.
Pro
confesso [L.] (Law),
taken as confessed. The action of
a court of equity on that portion of the pleading in a
particular case which the pleading on the other side does not
deny. -- Pro rata. [L. See Prorate.] In proportion; proportion. -- Pro re nata [L.] (Law), for the existing occasion; as matters are.
Pro- (?). [L. pro, or Gr. &?;. See Pro.]
A prefix signifying before, in front, forth, for, in behalf of, in place of, according to; as, propose, to
place before; proceed, to go before or
forward; project, to throw forward; prologue, part spoken before (the main piece); propel, prognathous;
provide, to look out for; pronoun, a word instead of a
noun; proconsul, a person acting in place of a consul; proportion, arrangement according
to parts.
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