Proverb

1. v. i. To write or utter proverbs.
2. n. An old and common saying; a phrase which is often repeated; especially, a sentence which briefly and forcibly expresses some practical truth, or the result of experience and observation; a maxim; a saw; an adage.
3. n. A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable.
4. n. A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference.
5. n. A drama exemplifying a proverb.
6. v. t. To name in, or as, a proverb.
7. v. t. To provide with a proverb.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.