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Proof

//pɹuf// adj, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Used in proving or testing.

    "a proof load; a proof charge"

  2. 2
    Firm or successful in resisting.

    "proof against harm"

  3. 3
    Being of a certain standard as to alcohol content.

    "60% proof liquor"

Adjective
  1. 1
    (used in combination or as a suffix) able to withstand wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The 98th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
Noun
  1. 1
    An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial. countable

    "I need proof of your unconditional love. Lend me some dough."

  2. 2
    the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something wordnet
  3. 3
    The degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments which induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration. uncountable

    "I'll have some proof."

  4. 4
    a trial photographic print from a negative wordnet
  5. 5
    The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness which resists impression, or does not yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something wordnet
  2. 7
    Experience of something. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "But the chaste damzell, that had never priefe / Of such malengine and fine forgerye, / Did easely beleeve her strong extremitye."

  3. 8
    (printing) an impression made to check for errors wordnet
  4. 9
    Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken. obsolete, uncountable
  5. 10
    a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it wordnet
  6. 11
    A proof sheet; a trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination. countable

    "And these men scour the printed proof for error, blunder, and misspelling."

  7. 12
    a measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume) wordnet
  8. 13
    A limited-run high-quality strike of a particular coin, originally as a test run, although nowadays mostly for collectors' sets. countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    A sequence of statements consisting of axioms, assumptions, statements already demonstrated in another proof, and statements that logically follow from previous statements in the sequence, and which concludes with a statement that is the object of the proof. countable
  10. 15
    A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Compare prove, transitive verb, 5. countable
  11. 16
    Armour of excellent or tried quality, and deemed impenetrable; properly, armour of proof. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "Till that Bellona's bridegroom, lapped in proof"

  12. 17
    A measure of the alcohol content of liquor. Originally, in Britain, 100 proof was defined as 57.1% by volume (no longer used). In the US, 100 proof means that the alcohol content is 50% of the total volume of the liquid; thus, perfectly pure absolute alcohol would be 200 proof. US, countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To proofread. colloquial, intransitive, transitive
  2. 2
    make resistant (to harm) wordnet
  3. 3
    To make resistant, especially to water. transitive
  4. 4
    activate by mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk wordnet
  5. 5
    To test-fire with a load considerably more powerful than the firearm in question's rated maximum chamber pressure, in order to establish the firearm's ability to withstand pressures well in excess of those expected in service without bursting. transitive
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  1. 6
    read for errors wordnet
  2. 7
    To allow (yeast-containing dough) to rise, especially after it has been shaped transitive

    "dough proofing"

  3. 8
    knead to reach proper lightness wordnet
  4. 9
    To test the activeness of (yeast). transitive

    "yeast proofing"

  5. 10
    make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English proof, from Old French prove, from Late Latin proba (“a proof”), from Latin probō (“to prove”); see prove; compare also the doublet probe.

Etymology 2

From Middle English proof, from Old French prove, from Late Latin proba (“a proof”), from Latin probō (“to prove”); see prove; compare also the doublet probe.

Etymology 3

From Middle English proof, from Old French prove, from Late Latin proba (“a proof”), from Latin probō (“to prove”); see prove; compare also the doublet probe.

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