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business to purchase cattle, and drive them to market. Why, that's spoken like an honest drover; so they sell bullocks. Shak.

The condition of being turned wrong side out; as, extroversion of the bladder. Dunglison.

One who, or that which, improves.

The state or condition of being incontrovertible.

Not controvertible; too clear or certain to admit of dispute; indisputable. Sir T. Browne. -- In*con`tro*ver"ti*ble*ness, n. -- In*con`tro*ver"ti*bly, adv.

The act of introverting, or the state of being introverted; the act of turning the mind inward. Berkeley.

To turn or bend inward. "Introverted toes." Cowper.

One who, or that which, proves.

; a parable. His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb. John xvi. 29.

Mentioned or comprised in a proverb; used as a proverb; hence, commonly known; as, a proverbial expression; his meanness was proverbial. In case of excesses, I take the German proverbial cure, by a hair of the same beast, to be the worst. Sir W. Temple.

A proverbial phrase.

One who makes much use of proverbs in speech or writing; one who composes, collects, or studies proverbs.

To turn into a proverb; to speak in proverbs.

In a proverbial manner; by way of proverb; hence, commonly; universally; as, it is proverbially said; the bee is proverbially busy.

One who, or that which, reproves.

ackward; also, the state of being turned or bent backward; displacement backwards; as, retroversion of the uterus.

To turn back.

In a state of retroversion.

o the sacrum and that part of the vertebral column immediately anterior to it; as, the sacrovertebral angle.

One that cruises or roves the sea for plunder; a sea robber; a pirate; also, a piratical vessel.