{"def":{"short":"to drive forward (as if by beating), i.e., (figuratively and intransitively) to advance (in amount, to grow; in time, to be well along)","long":["to beat forward",["to lengthen out by hammering (as a smith forges metals)","metaphorically to promote, forward, further"],"to go forward, advance, proceed",["of time: the night is far spent","metaphorically to increase, make progress"]]},"deriv":"from G4253 and G2875","pronun":{"ipa":"proˈko.pto","ipa_mod":"prowˈkow.ptow","sbl":"prokoptō","dic":"proh-KOH-ptoh","dic_mod":"proh-KOH-ptoh"},"see":["G2875","G4253"]}