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pro- 1
pref.
1. Acting in the place of; substituting for: proform.
2. Supporting; favoring: prorevolutionary.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin pro-, pr-, from pr, for; see per1 in Indo-European roots.]

pro- 2
pref.
1.
a. Earlier; before; prior to: procambium.
b. Rudimentary: pronucleus.
2. Anterior; in front of: procephalic.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Greek, from pro, before, in front; see per1 in Indo-European roots.]

pro-1
prefix
1. in favour of; supporting pro-Chinese
2. acting as a substitute for proconsul pronoun
[from Latin prō (adv and prep). In compound words borrowed from Latin, prō- indicates: forward, out (project); forward and down (prostrate); away from a place (prodigal); onward in time or space (proceed); extension outwards (propagate); before in time or place (provide, protect); on behalf of (procure); acting as a substitute for (pronominal); and sometimes intensive force (promiscuous)]

pro-2
prefix
before in time or position; anterior; forward prophase procephalic prognathous
[from Greek pro (prep) before (in time, position, rank, etc.)]
Translations
pro- [ˈprəʊ-] prefix (= in favour of) → pro-
pro-democracy → prodémocratie

pro-
prefpro-, Pro-; pro-Europeanproeuropäisch

pro- [prəʊ] pref (in favour of) → filo...
pro-American → filoamericano/a
pro- [prəʊ] pref (in favour of) → filo...
pro-American → filoamericano/a

pro- [prəu]
pro بادِئَه معناها: نَصير، مُناصِر، مُؤَيِّد про- pro- pro- pro-... φιλο- (ως α΄ συνθ.) pro pooldaja موافق؛ هوادار -mielinen pro- בְּעָד पक्ष में támogató, -barát pro fylgjandi pro- -ひいきの 친- pro- pro-; (kaut kā) piekritējs pro- pro{#169}, -vennlig pro- pró- pro- про- pro- pro- pro- pro-, -vänlig แทนที่ ... yanlısı, ... taraftarı 表示`親 про- کي حمايت ميں ủng hộ ai; thân `亲


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Tom's heartbreak vanished and he joined the pro- cession, not because he would not a thousand times rather go anywhere else, but because an awful, un- accountable fascination drew him on.
She went ahead slim and high, and what was left of the Judea followed at the end of seventy fathom of tow-rope,--followed her swiftly like a cloud of smoke with mastheads pro- truding above.
Shaking a bleeding fist in the air, the minister pro- claimed the woman George had only a moment be- fore held in his arms an instrument of God bearing a message of truth.
 
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