Definition of proof

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Proof (a.) Being of a certain standard as to strength; -- said of alcoholic liquors.

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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..
Pay :: Pay (v. t.) To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear..
Stethal :: Stet (v. t.) To cause or direct to remain after having been marked for omission; to mark with the word stet, or with a series of dots below or beside the matter; as, the proof reader stetted a deled footnote..
Instance :: Instance (n.) That which offers itself or is offered as an illustrative case; something cited in proof or exemplification; a case occurring; an example.
Revision :: Revision (n.) The act of revising; reexamination for correction; review; as, the revision of a book or writing, or of a proof sheet; a revision of statutes..
Spongiose :: Spongiopilin (n.) A kind of cloth interwoven with small pieces of sponge and rendered waterproof on one side by a covering of rubber. When moistend with hot water it is used as a poultice.
Reason :: Reason (n.) A thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; a just ground for a conclusion or an action; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation; the efficient cause of an occurrence or a phenomenon; a motive for an action or a determination; proof, more or less decisive, for an opinion or a conclusion; principle; efficient cause; final cause; ground of argument..
Tarpaulin :: Tarpaulin (n.) A piece of canvas covered with tar or a waterproof composition, used for covering the hatches of a ship, hammocks, boats, etc..
Admonition :: Admonition (n.) Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against a fault or error; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning.
Convince :: Convince (v. t.) To overcome by argument; to force to yield assent to truth; to satisfy by proof.
Underproof :: Underproof (a.) Containing less alcohol than proof spirit. See Proof spirit, under Spirit..
Exemplary :: Exemplary (a.) Illustrating as the proof of a thing.
Demonstrance :: Demonstrance (n.) Demonstration; proof.
Revisal :: Revisal (n.) The act of revising, or reviewing and reexamining for correction and improvement; revision; as, the revisal of a manuscript; the revisal of a proof sheet; the revisal of a treaty..
Self-reproof :: Self-reproof (n.) The act of reproving one's self; censure of one's conduct by one's own judgment.
Probacy :: Probacy (n.) Proof; trial.
Repreve :: Repreve (n.) Reproof.
Pull :: Pull (v. t.) To take or make, as a proof or impression; -- hand presses being worked by pulling a lever..
Postulated :: Postulated (a.) Assumed without proof; as, a postulated inference..
Reprovable :: Reprovable (a.) Worthy of reproof or censure.
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