Proofname

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  The 98th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

proofnoun/pɹuːf/

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  An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.

  • 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.
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  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.

  • 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."
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  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.

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  obsoleteExperience of something.

  • But the chaste damzell, that had never priefe / Of such malengine and fine forgerye, / Did easely beleeve her strong extremitye.
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  obsoleteFirmness of mind; stability not to be shaken.

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  mediaprintingpublishingA proof sheet; a trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination.

  • And these men scour the printed proof for error, blunder, and misspelling.
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  hobbieslifestylenumismaticsA limited-run high-quality strike of a particular coin, originally as a test run, although nowadays mostly for collectors' sets.

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  human-scienceslogicmathematicsA 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.

proofadj/pɹuːf/

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  Used in proving or testing.

  • a proof load; a proof charge
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  Firm or successful in resisting.

  • proof against harm
  • waterproof; bombproof
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  Being of a certain standard as to alcohol content.

  • 60% proof liquor

proofverb/pɹuːf/

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  To proofread.

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  To make resistant, especially to water.

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  engineeringfirearmsgovernmentTo 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.

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  bakingcookingfoodTo allow (yeast-containing dough) to rise, especially after it has been shaped

  • dough proofing
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  bakingcookingfoodTo test the activeness of (yeast).

  • yeast proofing