PRO Pro, prep. Etym: [L.; akin to prae before, Gr. for. See For, prep., and cf. Prior, a.]
Defn: A Latin preposition signifying for, before, forth. Pro confesso Etym: [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. Etym: [L. See Prorate.] In proportion; proportion. — Pro re nata Etym: [L.] (Law), for the existing occasion; as matters are.
PRO
Pro, adv.
Defn: For, on, or in behalf of, the affirmative side; — in contrast with Ant: 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.
PROA
Pro"a, n. Etym: [Malay praah.] (Naut.)
Defn: A sailing canoe of the Ladrone Islands and Malay Archipelago, having its lee side flat and its weather side like that of an ordinary boat. The ends are alike. The canoe is long and narrow, and is kept from overturning by a cigar-shaped log attached to a frame extending several feet to windward. It has been called the flying proa, and is the swiftest sailing craft known.
PROACH
Proach, v. i.
Defn: See Approach. [Obs.]
PROATLAS
Pro*at"las, n. Etym: [Pref. pro- + atlas.] (Anat.)
Defn: A vertebral rudiment in front of the atlas in some reptiles.