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De - Pt| English Dictionary: proof reader | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Proof \Proof\, n. [OF. prove, proeve, F. preuve, fr. L. proba, fr. probare to prove. See {Prove}.] 1. Any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial. For whatsoever mother wit or art Could work, he put in proof. --Spenser. You shall have many proofs to show your skill. --Ford. Formerly, a very rude mode of ascertaining the strength of spirits was practiced, called the proof. --Ure. 2. That degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments that induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration. I'll have some proof. --Shak. It is no proof of a man's understanding to be able to confirm whatever he pleases. --Emerson. Note: Properly speaking, proof is the effect or result of evidence, evidence is the medium of proof. Cf. {Demonstration}, 1. 3. 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. 4. Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken. 5. (Print.) A trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination; -- called also {proof sheet}. 6. (Math.) A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Cf. {Prove}, v. t., 5. 7. Armor of excellent or tried quality, and deemed impenetrable; properly, armor of proof. [Obs.] --Shak. {Artist's proof}, a very early proof impression of an engraving, or the like; -- often distinguished by the artist's signature. {Proof reader}, one who reads, and marks correction in, proofs. See def. 5, above. Syn: Testimony; evidence; reason; argument; trial; demonstration. See {Testimony}. | |
