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.

Checker: Zachariah

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

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