proof
Part of speech: noun
adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
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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.
Inflected forms:
form: proofs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more proof
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most proof
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: proofs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: proofing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: proofed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: proofed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: I need proof of your unconditional love. Lend me some dough.
1591, Edmund Spenser, Prosopopoia: or, Mother Hubbard's Tale, later also published in William Michael Rossetti, Humorous Poems,
But the false Fox most kindly played his part,
For whatsoever mother-wit or art
Could work he put in proof. No practice sly,
No counterpoint of cunning policy,
No reach, no breach, that might him profit bring.
But he the same did to his purpose wring.
France I more praise and love; you are, my lord,
Yourself for horsemanship much famed; and there
You shall have many proofs to shew your skill.
A given quantity of the spirits was poured upon a quantity of gunpowder in a dish and set on fire. If at the end of the combustion, the gunpowder continued dry enough, it took fire and exploded; but if it had been wetted by the water in the spirits, the flame of the alcohol went out without setting the powder on fire. This was called the proof.
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: I'll have some proof.
It was a grand sentence of Emanuel Swedenborg, which would alone indicate the greatness of that man's perception, — "It is no proof of a man's understanding to be able to confirm whatever he pleases; but to be able to discern that what is true is true, and that what is false is false, this is the mark and character of intelligence."
Faith, faith is an island in the setting sun
But proof, yes
Proof is the bottom line for everyone
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Experience of something.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: But the chaste damzell, that had never priefe / Of such malengine and fine forgerye, / Did easely beleeve her strong extremitye.
gloss: Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
uncountable
gloss: A proof sheet; a trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: And these men scour the printed proof for error, blunder, and misspelling.
gloss: A limited-run high-quality strike of a particular coin, originally as a test run, although nowadays mostly for collectors' sets.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Compare prove, transitive verb, 5.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: Armour of excellent or tried quality, and deemed impenetrable; properly, armour of proof.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: Till that Bellona's bridegroom, lapped in proof
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
uncountable
gloss: Used in proving or testing.
pos: adj
examples: a proof load; a proof charge
gloss: Firm or successful in resisting.
pos: adj
examples: proof against harm
waterproof; bombproof
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; […]
This was a good, ſtout proof article of faith, pronounced under an anathema, by the venerable fathers of this philoſophick ſynod.
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.
gloss: Being of a certain standard as to alcohol content.
pos: adj
examples: 60% proof liquor
gloss: To proofread.
pos: verb
tags: colloquial
intransitive
transitive
gloss: To make resistant, especially to water.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: 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.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To allow (yeast-containing dough) to rise, especially after it has been shaped
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: dough proofing
gloss: To test the activeness of (yeast).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: yeast proofing
Related words: probe
prove
Derived words: above proof
burden of proof
counterproof
living proof
misproof
nonproof
offer of proof
page proof
press proof
proof by contradiction
proof by example
proof by exhaustion
proof charge
proof game
proof house
proofless
prooflike
prooflisten
proof mark
proof of concept
proof of life
proof of stake
proof of work
proof plane
proof reader
proof sheet
proof spirit
proof system
subproof
the proof of the pudding is in the eating
unproof
overproof
proofer
proofing
reproof
underproof
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