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Proof

noun

1.

Any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something. Synonym: cogent evidence.

2.

A formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it.

3.

A measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume).

4.

(printing) an impression made to check for errors. Synonyms: test copy, trial impression.

5.

A trial photographic print from a negative.

6.

The act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something. Synonyms: substantiation, validation.

verb

1.

Make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset.

2.

Knead to reach proper lightness.

3.

Read for errors. Synonym: proofread.

4.

Activate by mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk.

5.

Make resistant (to harm).

adjective

1.

(used in combination or as a suffix) able to withstand. "Childproof locks"

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"Proof" Quotes from Famous Books

... the heat flow out for ever from God's throne, to lighten the sun, and the moon, and the stars of heaven—they are mine. I am the light of the world—the light of men's bodies as well of their souls; and here is my proof of it. Look at Me. I am He that "decketh Himself with light as it were with a garment, who layeth the beams of His chambers in the waters, and walketh upon the wings of the wind." This was the message which Christ's glory brought the apostles—a ...

— Twenty-Five Village Sermons • Charles Kingsley

... our thoughts upon it. If it be true, it is capable of every proof. For expedition's sake I ask you. There is no use ...

— Uncle Silas - A Tale of Bartram-Haugh • J.S. Le Fanu

... by man, as made by this apparatus, are based upon the fact that the subject is inclosed in a heat-proof chamber through which a current of cold water is constantly passing. The amount of water, the flow of which, for the sake of accuracy, is kept at a constant rate, is carefully weighed. The temperatures of the water entering and leaving the chamber are accurately recorded at frequent intervals. ...

— Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of Man • Francis Gano Benedict

... in concluding that some good was done, from the fact that both of them gave up smuggling, and, in various other ways, showed indication of an improved state of mind. Maggot especially gave a signal and unexpected proof of a softened spirit, when, one Sunday morning, as he was getting ready for chapel, he said to his wife that it was "high time to send that little chucklehead the baby to Sunday school, for he was no better than a small ...

— Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines • R.M. Ballantyne

... fixed and immutable law of this State, laid down in the leading case of Ruloff v. The People, and binding upon this Court, that both components of the corpus delicti shall not be established by circumstantial evidence. There must be direct proof of one or the other of these two component elements of the corpus delicti. If one is proven by direct evidence, the other may be presumed; but both shall not be presumed from circumstances, no matter how powerful, how cogent, or how completely overwhelming the circumstances may be. In ...

— Stories by Modern American Authors • Julian Hawthorne

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