different between probate vs pronate

English

Etymology

From Middle English probate, from Latin probatus, past participle of probare (“to test, examine, judge of”); see probe, prove.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p???be?t/
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /?p???b?t/, /?p???b?t/
• Rhymes: -??be?t

Noun

probate (countable and uncountable, plural probates)

1. (law) The legal process of verifying the legality of a will.
2. (law) A copy of a legally recognised and qualified will.
3. Clipping of probate court.
4. (obsolete) proof

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Translations

Verb

probate (third-person singular simple present probates, present participle probating, simple past and past participle probated)

1. (transitive) To establish the legality of (a will).

Derived terms

Related terms

• probe
• probation
• prove

Translations

Further reading

• probate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• probate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Danish

Adjective

probate

1. inflection of probat:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Latin

Verb

prob?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of prob?

English

Etymology

From Latin pronatus, past participle of pronare (“to bend forward”). See prone.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p???.ne?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p?o?.ne?t/

Verb

pronate (third-person singular simple present pronates, present participle pronating, simple past and past participle pronated)

1. (transitive, anatomy) To turn or rotate one’s hand and forearm so that the palm faces down if the forearm is horizontal, back if the arm is pointing down, or forward if the forearm is pointing up; to twist the right forearm counterclockwise or the left forearm clockwise.
2. (transitive, anatomy) To twist the foot so that if walking the weight would be borne on the inner edge of the foot.
3. (intransitive, anatomy) To become pronated.

Antonyms

• (to rotate the forearm in a particular direction): supinate
• (to become pronated): supinate
• (to twist the foot in a particular direction): supinate

Derived terms

• pronated
• pronation

Adjective

pronate (comparative more pronate, superlative most pronate)

1. Somewhat prone; inclined.
   • 1853, Elisha Kent Kane, The U. S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin

     The appearance of such turf , where the tree growths of more favored regions have become pronate and vinelike , and crowding individuals of non-opposing families of flowering plants fill up the intervals with a carpet pattern of rich colors

See also

• prostrate
• supinate

Anagrams

• Paterno, Protean, operant, protean, tropane