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in favour of; supporting: pro-Chinese acting as a substitute for: proconsul, pronoun Etymology: from Latin prō (adv and prep). In compound words borrowed from Latin, prō- indicates: forward, out (project); forward and down (prostrate); away from a place (prodigal); onward in time or space (proceed); extension outwards (propagate); before in time or place (provide, protect); on behalf of (procure); acting as a substitute for (pronominal); and sometimes intensive force (promiscuous)pro- prefix before in time or position; anterior; forward: prophase, procephalic, prognathous |