Proof ¹

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

Proof ²

Definition: 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.

Proof ³

Definition: 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.

Proof ⁴

Definition: Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken.

Proof ⁵

Definition: A trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination; called also proof sheet.

Proof ⁶

Definition: A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Cf. Prove, v. t.,

Proof ⁷

Definition: Armor of excellent or tried quality, and deemed impenetrable; properly, armor of proof.

Proof ⁸

Definition: Used in proving or testing; as, a proof load, or proof charge.

Proof ⁹

Definition: Firm or successful in resisting; as, proof against harm; waterproof; bombproof.

Proof ¹⁰

Definition: Being of a certain standard as to strength; said of alcoholic liquors.

proof ¹¹

Definition: the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something

proof ¹²

Definition: a trial photographic print from a negative

proof ¹³

Definition: any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something; "if you have any proof for what you say, now is the time to produce it"

proof ¹⁴

Definition: (printing) an impression made to check for errors

proof ¹⁵

Definition: a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it

proof ¹⁶

Definition: a measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume)

proof ¹⁷

Definition: make resistant to water, sound, errors, etc.; "proof the materials against shrinking in the dryer"

proof ¹⁸

Definition: activate by mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk; "proof yeast"

proof ¹⁹

Definition: read for errors; "I should proofread my manuscripts"

proof ²⁰

Definition: knead to reach proper lightness; "proof dough"

proof ²¹

Definition: make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset