provection noun. [prǝ'vɛkʃ(ǝ)n] M17.
[Late Latin provectio(n-), formed as PROVECT: see -ION.]
1. Proficiency; advancement. Only in M17.

2. Philology.
a. The changing or mutating of consonants according to Grimm's Law; the mutation of voiced consonants in Celtic languages to corresponding voiceless consonants. M19.
b. The transposition of the final letter of a word to a succeeding one (as in English newt, nickname). M19.

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