Definition of proof

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Proof (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..

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Argumentative :: Argumentative (a.) Adductive as proof; indicative; as, the adaptation of things to their uses is argumentative of infinite wisdom in the Creator..
Disproval :: Disproval (n.) Act of disproving; disproof.
Convince :: Convince (v. t.) To overcome by argument; to force to yield assent to truth; to satisfy by proof.
Sugared :: Sugar (v. t.) To cover with soft words; to disguise by flattery; to compliment; to sweeten; as, to sugar reproof..
Proof-arm :: Proof-arm (v. t.) To arm with proof armor; to arm securely; as, to proof-arm herself..
Proof :: Proof (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..
Truism :: Truism (n.) An undoubted or self-evident truth; a statement which is pliantly true; a proposition needing no proof or argument; -- opposed to falsism.
Witness :: Witness (v. i.) That which furnishes evidence or proof.
Safe :: Safe (n.) A strong and fireproof receptacle (as a movable chest of steel, etc., or a closet or vault of brickwork) for containing money, valuable papers, or the like..
Proof :: Proof (a.) Used in proving or testing; as, a proof load, or proof charge..
Probate :: Probate (n.) Official proof; especially, the proof before a competent officer or tribunal that an instrument offered, purporting to be the last will and testament of a person deceased, is indeed his lawful act; the copy of a will proved, under the seal of the Court of Probate, delivered to the executors with a certificate of its having been proved..
Hypothetical :: Hypothetical (a.) Characterized by, or of the nature of, an hypothesis; conditional; assumed without proof, for the purpose of reasoning and deducing proof, or of accounting for some fact or phenomenon..
Shot-proof :: Shot-proof (a.) Impenetrable by shot.
Corsned :: Corsned (n.) The morsel of execration; a species of ordeal consisting in the eating of a piece of bread consecrated by imprecation. If the suspected person ate it freely, he was pronounced innocent; but if it stuck in his throat, it was considered as a proof of his guilt..
Comprobation :: Comprobation (n.) Joint attestation; proof.
Proof :: 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..
Semiproof :: Semiproof (n.) Half proof; evidence from the testimony of a single witness.
Beg :: Beg (v. t.) To take for granted; to assume without proof.
Gossamer :: Gossamer (n.) An outer garment, made of waterproof gossamer..
Authenticate :: Authenticate (v. t.) To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit..
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