Definition of proof

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Proof (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..

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Reasoning :: Reasoning (n.) That which is offered in argument; proofs or reasons when arranged and developed; course of argument.
Substantiation :: Substantiate (v. t.) To establish the existence or truth of by proof or competent evidence; to verify; as, to substantiate a charge or allegation; to substantiate a declaration..
Cupola :: Cupola (n.) A revolving shot-proof turret for heavy ordnance.
Castigation :: Castigation (n.) Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism.
Sermon :: Sermon (n.) Hence, a serious address; a lecture on one's conduct or duty; an exhortation or reproof; a homily; -- often in a depreciatory sense..
Presumption :: Presumption (n.) The act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; the act of assuming or taking for granted; belief upon incomplete proof..
Repellent :: Repellent (n.) A kind of waterproof cloth.
Tarpaulin :: Tarpaulin (n.) A piece of canvas covered with tar or a waterproof composition, used for covering the hatches of a ship, hammocks, boats, etc..
Increpation :: Increpation (n.) A chiding; rebuke; reproof.
Derain :: Derain (v. t.) To prove or to refute by proof; to clear (one's self).
Disproof :: Disproof (n.) A proving to be false or erroneous; confutation; refutation; as, to offer evidence in disproof of a statement..
Eviction :: Eviction (n.) Conclusive evidence; proof.
Accumulation :: Accumulation (n.) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
Evidence :: Evidence (n.) That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or judgement; as, the evidence of our senses; evidence of the truth or falsehood of a statement..
Epichirema :: Epichirema (n.) A syllogism in which the proof of the major or minor premise, or both, is introduced with the premises themselves, and the conclusion is derived in the ordinary manner..
Demonstrance :: Demonstrance (n.) Demonstration; proof.
Proof :: Proof (a.) Used in proving or testing; as, a proof load, or proof charge..
Making-up :: Making-up (n.) The act of bringing spirits to a certain degree of strength, called proof..
Sound :: Sound (v. i.) To make or convey a certain impression, or to have a certain import, when heard; hence, to seem; to appear; as, this reproof sounds harsh; the story sounds like an invention..
Catechise :: Catechise (v. t.) To question or interrogate; to examine or try by questions; -- sometimes with a view to reproof, by eliciting from a person answers which condemn his own conduct..
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