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pro re nata

[ proh re nah-tah; English proh ree ney-tuh, rey ]

adverb

Latin.
  1. for an unforeseen need or contingency.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pro re nata1

Literally, “for a thing bornâ€
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Example Sentences

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President of the Royal Institute of British Architects. p.r.n., pro re nata=For special business arising.

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But it suits the Japanese admirably: they hop out at every other station—pro re nata—and occasionally get left behind.

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And if any exigent fall out, that the Presbyterie of Edinburgh give advertisement for an Assembly pro re nata.

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And it is much to Byron's credit that, in speaking of the deceased Cambridge poet, he forgot his own argument and its exigencies, and proved himself only a paradoxer pro re nata.

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Being now well read as well as travelled, we was soon pro re nata with the best society in Rosa, and was invited out to the most dressed-up and high-toned entertainments.

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