<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a short popular saying, usually of unknown and ancient origin, that expresses effectively some commonplace truth or useful thought; adage; saw.</li><li>a universally accepted principle or rule.</li><li>Logic, Mathematics: a proposition that is assumed without proof for the sake of studying the consequences that follow from it.</li><li>a wise saying or precept; a didactic sentence.</li><li>a person or thing that is commonly regarded as an embodiment or representation of some quality; byword.</li><li>Bible: a profound saying, maxim, or oracular utterance requiring interpretation.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to utter in the form of a proverb.</li><li>to make (something) the subject of a proverb.</li><li>to make a byword of.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>