Definition of proof

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Proof (a.) Firm or successful in resisting; as, proof against harm; waterproof; bombproof..

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Cutin :: Cutin (n.) The substance which, added to the material of a cell wall, makes it waterproof, as in cork..
Caret :: Caret (n.) A mark [^] used by writers and proof readers to indicate that something is interlined above, or inserted in the margin, which belongs in the place marked by the caret..
Probation :: Probation (n.) The act of proving; also, that which proves anything; proof..
Witness :: Witness (v. i.) That which furnishes evidence or proof.
Postulated :: Postulated (a.) Assumed without proof; as, a postulated inference..
Proof :: Proof (v. t.) Armor of excellent or tried quality, and deemed impenetrable; properly, armor of proof..
Postulate :: Postulate (v. t.) To beg, or assume without proof; as, to postulate conclusions..
Prove :: Prove (v. t.) To take a trial impression of; to take a proof of; as, to prove a page..
Document :: Document (n.) An original or official paper relied upon as the basis, proof, or support of anything else; -- in its most extended sense, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information in the case; any material substance on which the thoughts of men are represented by any species of conventional mark or symbol..
Attest :: Attest (v. t.) To give proof of; to manifest; as, the ruins of Palmyra attest its ancient magnificence..
Sound :: Sound (v. i.) To make or convey a certain impression, or to have a certain import, when heard; hence, to seem; to appear; as, this reproof sounds harsh; the story sounds like an invention..
Catechise :: Catechise (v. t.) To question or interrogate; to examine or try by questions; -- sometimes with a view to reproof, by eliciting from a person answers which condemn his own conduct..
Touch :: Touch (v.) Hence, examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality..
Presumption :: Presumption (n.) The act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; the act of assuming or taking for granted; belief upon incomplete proof..
Test :: Test (n.) That with which anything is compared for proof of its genuineness; a touchstone; a standard.
Repellent :: Repellent (n.) A kind of waterproof cloth.
Beg :: Beg (v. t.) To take for granted; to assume without proof.
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..
Refutation :: Refutation (n.) The act or process of refuting or disproving, or the state of being refuted; proof of falsehood or error; the overthrowing of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine, or theory, by argument or countervailing proof..
Proof-proof :: Proof-proof (a.) Proof against proofs; obstinate in the wrong.
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