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Webster 1913 Edition
Pro
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Pro
,p
rep.
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
,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
; – formerly used also as a verb. pro and con
Pros and cons
, the arguments or reasons on either side.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pro
PRO
, a Latin and Greek preposition, signifying for, before, forth, is probably contracted from prod, coinciding with It. proda, a prow, prode, brave; having the primary sense of moving forward. See Prodigal. In the phrase, pro and con, that is, pro and contra, it answers to the English for; for and against.In composition, pro denotes fore, forth, forward.