proof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: pro͞of
ipa: /pɹuːf/
enpr: pro͞of
ipa: /pɹuf/
enpr: pro͞of
ipa: /pɹʉːf/
rhymes: -uːf
Forms: form: more proof
form: most proof
Etymology: 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.
Senses: examples: text: a proof load; a proof charge
glosses: Used in proving or testing.
examples: text: proof against harm
text: waterproof; bombproof
text: And opportunity I here have had / To try thee, ſift thee, and confeſs have found thee / Proof againſt all temptation as a rock / Of Adamant, and, as a Center, firm / To the utmoſt of meer man both wiſe and good, / Not more; […]
ref: 1671, John Milton, “The Fourth Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 130, lines 528–533:
text: This was a good, ſtout proof article of faith, pronounced under an anathema, by the venerable fathers of this philoſophick ſynod.
ref: 1790, Edmund Burke, “Reflections on the Revolution in France”, in The Works of The Right Honourable Edmund Burke, volume 5, published 1803, page 426:
text: quoted in 1818, Christopher Kelly, History of the French Revolution and of the Wars produced by that Memorable Event
The French cavalry, in proof armour, repeatedly charged our squares, their cannon opening chasms; but the British infantry, though greatly diminished, were inflexible and impenetrable to the last.
glosses: Firm or successful in resisting.
examples: text: 60% proof liquor
glosses: Being of a certain standard as to alcohol content.
raw_tags: of alcoholic liquors
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from proof
word: 110 proof
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word: acidproof
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word: actor-proof
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word: airproof
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word: audience-proof
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word: ballproof
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word: blastproof
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word: bombproof
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word: bulletproof
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word: burglarproof
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word: cannonproof
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word: childproof
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word: conscience-proof
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word: crashproof
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word: crushproof
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word: dampproof
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word: dishwasher proof
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word: drop-proof
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word: dummy-proof
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word: dustproof
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word: fadeproof
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word: fireproof
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word: flameproof
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word: foolproof
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word: future-proof
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word: galley proof
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word: gasproof
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word: germproof
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word: greaseproof
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word: heatproof
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word: high-proof
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word: holeproof
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word: idiot-proof
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word: leakproof
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word: lightproof
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word: low-proof
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word: mildewproof
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word: moistureproof
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word: mothproof
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word: mouseproof
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word: noiseproof
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word: ovenproof
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word: pickproof
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word: -proof
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word: proofread
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word: proofreader
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word: prooftext
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word: rabbit-proof
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word: rainproof
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word: ratproof
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word: reproof
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word: review-proof
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word: rotproof
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word: rustproof
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word: sale-proof
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word: scratch-proof
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word: shatterproof
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word: shellproof
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word: shockproof
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word: showerproof
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word: shrinkproof
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word: sightproof
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word: skidproof
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word: smokeproof
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word: soundproof
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word: splinterproof
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word: stormproof
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word: sunproof
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word: sweatproof
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word: swordproof
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word: tamperproof
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word: tearproof
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word: theftproof
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word: waterproof
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word: wearproof
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word: weatherproof
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word: wetproof
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word: windproof