Definition of proof

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Proof (n.) Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken.

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Assumption :: Assumption (n.) The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; supposition; unwarrantable claim..
Monitor :: Monitor (n.) One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution..
Overalls :: Overalls (n. pl.) Waterproof leggings.
Objurgatory :: Objurgatory (a.) Designed to objurgate or chide; containing or expressing reproof; culpatory.
Self-reproof :: Self-reproof (n.) The act of reproving one's self; censure of one's conduct by one's own judgment.
Asphaltum :: Asphaltum (n.) A composition of bitumen, pitch, lime, and gravel, used for forming pavements, and as a water-proof cement for bridges, roofs, etc.; asphaltic cement. Artificial asphalt is prepared from coal tar, lime, sand, etc..
Unreproved :: Unreproved (a.) Not having incurred reproof, blameless..
Warproof :: Warproof (n.) Valor tried by war.
Postulated :: Postulated (a.) Assumed without proof; as, a postulated inference..
Prove :: Prove (v. t.) To take a trial impression of; to take a proof of; as, to prove a page..
Positive :: Positive (a.) Hence: Not admitting of any doubt, condition, qualification, or discretion; not dependent on circumstances or probabilities; not speculative; compelling assent or obedience; peremptory; indisputable; decisive; as, positive instructions; positive truth; positive proof..
Rebuke :: Rebuke (v. t.) To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish..
Reprehensory :: Reprehensory (a.) Containing reproof; reprehensive; as, reprehensory complaint..
High-proof :: High-proof (a.) Highly rectified; very strongly alcoholic; as, high-proof spirits..
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..
Mackintosh :: Mackintosh (n.) A waterproof outer garment; -- so called from the name of the inventor.
Hypothesis :: Hypothesis (n.) A supposition; a proposition or principle which is supposed or taken for granted, in order to draw a conclusion or inference for proof of the point in question; something not proved, but assumed for the purpose of argument, or to account for a fact or an occurrence; as, the hypothesis that head winds detain an overdue steamer..
Demonstrate :: Demonstrate (v. t.) To show, or make evident, by reasoning or proof; to prove by deduction; to establish so as to exclude the possibility of doubt or denial..
Reader :: Reader (n.) A proof reader.
Postulate :: Postulate (v. t.) To beg, or assume without proof; as, to postulate conclusions..
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