PROOF
\pɹˈuːf], \pɹˈuːf], \p_ɹ_ˈuː_f]\
Definitions of PROOF
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something
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a trial photographic print from a negative
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a measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume)
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activate by mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk; "proof yeast"
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(used in combination or as a suffix) able to withstand; "temptation-proof"; "childproof locks"
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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"
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(printing) an impression made to check for errors
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a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it
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make resistant to water, sound, errors, etc.; "proof the materials against shrinking in the dryer"
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knead to reach proper lightness; "proof dough"
By Princeton University
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the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something
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a trial photographic print from a negative
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(logic or mathematics) a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it
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a measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume)
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make resistant, as to water, sound, errors, etc.
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activate by mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk; "proof yeast"
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(used in combination or as a suffix) able to withstand; "temptation-proof"; "childproof locks"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
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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.
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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.
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Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken.
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A trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination; -- called also proof sheet.
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A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Cf. Prove, v. t., 5.
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Armor of excellent or tried quality, and deemed impenetrable; properly, armor of proof.
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Used in proving or testing; as, a proof load, or proof charge.
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Firm or successful in resisting; as, proof against harm; waterproof; bombproof.
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Being of a certain standard as to strength; -- said of alcoholic liquors.
By Oddity Software
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The means by which something is found to be true or correct; convincing evidence; a test or trial; in printing, an impression taken from type for correction; an early impression of an engraving.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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That which proves: test: experiment: any process to discover or establish a truth: that which convinces: demonstration: evidence: condition of having been proved: firmness of mind: a certain strength of alcoholic spirits: (print.) an impression taken for correction, also "proof-sheet": an early impression of an engraving.
By Daniel Lyons
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Able to withstand.
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Test; evidence; demonstration; impression of types, &c., taken for correction.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Employed in or connected with proving or correcting.
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Firm; impenetrable.
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Of standard alcoholic strength.
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The act of proving; convincing evidence.
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The standard strength of alcoholic liquors.
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A printed trial-sheet, as for correction.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [French, Latin] A test ; trial ; experiment ; any process or operation to determine the nature or qualities of physical bodies, or to test their strength or fitness for specific use ;-in mathematics, experimental trial to ascertain the correctness of products or results ;- also, demonstration of a problem, theorem, &c. ;-the amount or kind of evidence which convinces the mind and produces belief, as eye-witness, testimony, conclusive argument, &c. ;-firmness of mind ; constancy ; stability ;-that which has been assayed or tested, as armour, &c. ;-state of being wrought and hardened as to resist outward force or impression ; impenetrability, as by shot or shell ;-act of testing the strength of alcoholic spirits ; also, the degree of strength ;-a trial impression from type, an engraved plate, &c., taken for correction ; evidence ; reason ; argument.
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