Proof
[pruːf] or [pruf]
Definition
(noun.) a trial photographic print from a negative.
(noun.) any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something; 'if you have any proof for what you say, now is the time to produce it'.
(noun.) (printing) an impression made to check for errors.
(noun.) a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it.
(noun.) a measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume).
(verb.) make resistant (to harm); 'proof the materials against shrinking in the dryer'.
(verb.) activate by mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk; 'proof yeast'.
(verb.) knead to reach proper lightness; 'proof dough'.
(verb.) make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset.
(adj.) (used in combination or as a suffix) able to withstand; 'temptation-proof'; 'childproof locks' .
Editor: Oswald--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
(n.) That degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments that induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration.
(n.) The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness that resists impression, or does not yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies.
(n.) Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken.
(n.) A trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination; -- called also proof sheet.
(n.) A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Cf. Prove, v. t., 5.
(v. t.) Armor of excellent or tried quality, and deemed impenetrable; properly, armor of proof.
(a.) Used in proving or testing; as, a proof load, or proof charge.
(a.) Firm or successful in resisting; as, proof against harm; waterproof; bombproof.
(a.) Being of a certain standard as to strength; -- said of alcoholic liquors.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Test, trial, essay, experiment, ordeal.[2]. Demonstration, certification, attestation, satisfactory evidence.[3]. Proof-sheet.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Test, trial, examination, criterion, essay, establishment, probation,demonstration, evidence, testimony, scrutiny
ANT:Disproof, failure, invalidity, shortcoming, fallacy, undemonstrativeness,reprobation
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Definition
n. that which proves or establishes the truth of anything: test: (obs.) experience: experiment: any process to discover or establish a truth: that which convinces: demonstration: evidence which convinces the mind: state of having been proved: (pl.) in equity practice the instruments of evidence in their documentary form: (Scots law) the taking of evidence by a judge upon an issue framed in pleading: a test hence 'Armour of proof ' armour proved to be trustworthy: (arith.) an operation checking the accuracy of a calculation: firmness of mind: a certain strength of alcoholic spirits: (print.) an impression taken for correction also 'proof-sheet:' an early impression of an engraving—'proof before letter'=one taken before the title is engraved on the plate: (phot.) the first print from a negative.—adj. firm in resisting: noting alcoholic liquors having the specific gravity 0.920:—pl. Proofs.—ns. Proof′-arm′our armour proved to be able to resist ordinary weapons; Proof′-charge an extraordinary amount of powder and shot put into a gun to test its strength; Proof′-house a house fitted up for proving the barrels of firearms; Proof′-leaf (same as Proof-sheet).—adj. Proof′less wanting proof or evidence.—ns. Proof′-mark a mark stamped on a gun to show that it has stood the test; Proof′-read′er a person who reads printed proofs to discover and correct errors; Proof′-sheet an impression taken on a slip of paper for correction before printing finally; Proof′-spir′it a mixture containing fixed proportions of alcohol and water—nearly half its weight and fully half its volume of alcohol; Proof′-text a passage of Scripture held to prove a certain doctrine.—Artist's proof a first impression from an engraved plate or block; Burden of proof (see Burden); India proof (see Indian).
Typist: Sam
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. Evidence having a shade more of plausibility than of unlikelihood. The testimony of two credible witnesses as opposed to that of only one.
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Examples
- I certainly did not see the proof of Mr. Skimpole's worldliness in his having his expenses paid by Richard, but I made no remark about that. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- There is no proof that this unbrotherly, unhumorous egotist was ever sincerely loved by any human being. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Prove yourself true ere I cherish you, was his ordinance; and how difficult he made that proof! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- An earthquake-proof steel palace for the Crown Prince of Japan is one of the modern applications of steel in architecture. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The Christian writer Lactantius asked shrewdly whence atoms came, and what proof there was of their existence. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It may be of some use to the public, by affording an easy proof of the prosperous condition of the country. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Because you HAVE no proof. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Proofs like these are not to be set aside by the idle tongues of cavilers. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Here at least were intelligible facts regarding landscape--far-reaching proofs productive of genuine satisfaction. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- A sudden impulse came over him to enter, and see if they were indeed the proofs. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- But both were, in those ignorant and superstitions times, easily credited as proofs of guilt. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The letter never reached its destination; but that, and other proofs, she kept, in case they ever tried to lie away the blot. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I will look after the proofs. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- She thanked him for a thousand thousand kind offices and proofs of steadfast friendship to her in her affliction. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It is then proofed and blocked. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In moulding pulp into articles of manufacture, satisfactory machines have been invented, not only for the mere forming them into shape, but for water-proofing and indurating the same. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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