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Proof
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) 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.
(2):
(n.) 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.
(3):
(n.) Any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
(4):
(n.) Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken.
(5):
(n.) A trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination; - called also proof sheet.
(6):
(n.) A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Cf. Prove, v. t., 5.
(7):
(v. t.) Armor of excellent or tried quality, and deemed impenetrable; properly, armor of proof.
(8):
(a.) Used in proving or testing; as, a proof load, or proof charge.
(9):
(a.) Firm or successful in resisting; as, proof against harm; waterproof; bombproof.
(10):
(a.) Being of a certain standard as to strength; - said of alcoholic liquors.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Proof'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/proof.html. 1828.
