† proˈcere, a. Obs.
[ad. L. procēr-us high, tall. Cf. sincere.]
Tall, lofty, high; long.
| a 1560 Becon Pleas. New Nosegay Wks. I. 105 It shall cause you to delyght but lytyll in your body, be it neur so strong,..pleasaunt in aspect, procere and taull. a 1652 Brome Love-sick Court iv. ii, A perpetual spring of more procere And bigger-bladed grass. 1664 Evelyn Sylva (1776) 3 By Trees here, I consider..such lignous and woody plants, as are hard of Substance, procere of Stature. 1697 ― Numism. ix. 314 What is large, procere, goodly, and beautiful to look on. |