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verb
- (transitive) To furnish proof of, to show.
- (transitive) To take as evidence.
- (intransitive, construed with to or for) To present personal religious testimony; to preach at (someone) or on behalf of.
- To see the execution of (a legal instrument), and subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its authenticity.
- (transitive) To see or gain knowledge of through experience.
- perceive or be contemporaneous with
- be a witness to
noun
- (countable, databases) An additional database server instance used in failover scenarios to decide whether the mirror should take over.
- (countable) One who sees or has personal knowledge of something.
- (countable) Something that serves as evidence; a sign or token.
- (countable, law) Someone called to give evidence in a court.
- (uncountable) Attestation of a fact or event; testimony.
- (countable) One who is called upon to witness an event or action, such as a wedding or the signing of a document.
- (textual criticism) A particular version of a text (seen as providing testimony of archetype or other earlier version)
- testimony by word or deed to your religious faith
- (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law
- (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
- a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
- someone who sees an event and reports what happened
verb
- To provide evidence or proof.
- To affirm or warrant the correctness or truth of (something); also, to affirm or warrant (the truth of an assertion or statement).
- To call on (someone) to be a witness to something.
- To cite or rely on (an authority, a written work, etc.) in support of one's actions or opinions.
- To back, confirm, or support (someone or something) with credible evidence or proof.
- To bear witness or testify; to guarantee or sponsor.
- Followed by over: of a vouchee (a person summoned to court to establish a warranty of title): to summon (someone) to court in their place.
- In full vouch to warrant or vouch to warranty: to summon (someone) into court to establish a warranty of title to land.
- To bear witness or testify to the nature or qualities (of someone or something).
- To express confidence in or take responsibility for (the correctness or truth of) something.
- give supporting evidence
- summon (a vouchee) into court to warrant or defend a title
- give surety or assume responsibility
- give personal assurance; guarantee
verb
- (transitive) To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to demonstrate.
- (transitive) To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
- (transitive) To make stable or firm; to confirm.
- (transitive) To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
- institute, enact, or establish
- bring about
- set up or found
- place
- establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
- use as a basis for; found on
- build or establish something abstract
- set up or lay the groundwork for
verb
- (transitive) To justify by providing evidence.
- show to be right by providing justification or proof
- (transitive) To be proven reasonable, correct, or justified.
- (transitive) To maintain or defend (a cause) against opposition.
- (transitive) To provide justification for.
- (transitive) To clear of an accusation, suspicion or criticism.
- (transitive) To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.
- maintain, uphold, or defend
- clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting proof
verb
- (ambitransitive) To supply or be evidence of.
- provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
- (transitive) To certify by signature or oath.
- (transitive) To certify in an official capacity.
- (transitive) To affirm to be correct, true, or genuine.
- (transitive) To put under oath.
- give testimony in a court of law
- authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity
- establish or verify the usage of
adj
- Affording proof; demonstrative.
- (logic) Of the characteristic feature of a proposition that is necessary (or impossible): perfectly certain (or inconceivable) or incontrovertibly true (or false); self-evident.
- Incontrovertible; demonstrably true or certain.
- of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain
adj
noun
verb
- show to be right by providing justification or proof
- (transitive) To prove; to ratify; to confirm.
- adjust the spaces between words
- (used of God) declare innocent; absolve from the penalty of sin
- (transitive) To absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin.
- (transitive, typography) To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned.
- (transitive) To provide an acceptable explanation for.
- (reflexive) To give reasons for one’s actions; to make an argument to prove that one is in the right.
- (law) To qualify (oneself) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property.
- (law) To show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject of a charge or accusation.
- (transitive) To be a good reason behind a normally-unacceptable action; to warrant.
verb
- (transitive) To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for; to bear out; to testify.
- prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof
- Alternative form of proof (“allow (dough) to rise; test the activeness of (yeast); pressure-test (a firearm)”).
- (copulative) To turn out to be.
- (homeopathy) To determine by experiment which effects a substance causes when ingested.
- (transitive) To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify.
- (intransitive) To turn out; to manifest.
- simple past of proove
- (transitive) To put to the test, to make trial of.
- be shown or be found to be
- obtain probate of
- establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
- cause to puff up with a leaven
- provide evidence for
- put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
- take a trial impression of
- increase in volume
noun
noun
- proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion
- a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature)
- a show of military force or preparedness
- a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view
- a visual presentation showing how something works
- A show of military force.
- (mathematics, philosophy) A proof.
- Expression of one's feelings by outward signs.
- An event at which something will be demonstrated.
- A public display of group opinion, such as a protest march.
- The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something.
- (prison slang) A prisoner's act of beating up another prisoner.
noun
- proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion
- (Roman Catholic Church) a vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration
- (Christianity) An ornamental, often precious receptacle, either open or with a transparent cover, in which the sacramental bread (consecrated host) is placed for Eucharistic adoration.
noun
- (law) A formal phrase used in concluding a plea, to denote confirmation by evidence.
- (mathematics) The operation of testing the equation of a problem, to see whether it truly expresses the conditions of the problem.
- The act or process of verifying.
- The state of being verified.
- Confirmation; authentication.
- (law) an affidavit attached to a statement confirming the truth of that statement
- additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
verb
- refer to for illustration or proof
- repeat a passage from
- refer to
- commend
- make reference to
- call in an official matter, such as to attend court
- advance evidence for
- To mention by way of explanation.
- (transitive, law) To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court.
- (transitive) To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
- (transitive) To mention; to make mention of.
- To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
noun
verb
- refer to for illustration or proof
- repeat a passage from
- name the price of
- put quote marks around
- (intransitive) To indicate verbally or by equivalent means the start of a quotation.
- (transitive) To prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price; to estimate.
- (commerce, transitive) To name the current price, notably of a financial security.
- (transitive) To repeat (the exact words of a person).
noun
- a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else
- a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
- A price set and offered (by the potential seller) for a financial security or commodity; a quotation.
- A statement attributed to a person; a quotation.
- A summary of work to be done with a set price; a quotation.
- A quotation mark.
intj
verb
- (transitive) To confirm, prove, or corroborate; to uphold.
- (transitive) To encourage or sanction (something).
- (transitive) To maintain, or keep in existence.
- (transitive) To experience or suffer (an injury, etc.).
- To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support.
- To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.
- (transitive) To provide for or nourish.
- (law, of a judge) To allow, accept, or admit (e.g. an objection or motion) as valid.
- lengthen or extend in duration or space
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- admit as valid
- supply with necessities and support
- undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
- establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
- provide with nourishment
noun
verb
- admit to testing or proof
- move by or as if by water
- cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
- separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
- to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking
- remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
- cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
- wash by removing particles
- form by erosion
- apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
- make moist
- wash or flow against
- be capable of being washed
- clean with some chemical process
- (intransitive) To bear without damage the operation of being washed; to be suitable for washing.
- (transitive) To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.
- (transitive) To clean with water.
- (transitive) To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide.
- (intransitive) To clean oneself with water.
- (transitive) To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly.
- (intransitive) To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique.
- (chemistry, transitive) To pass or extract (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, especially by removing soluble constituents.
- (mining) To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.
- (intransitive) To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
- (mah-jong) To mix up tiles (before a new game) to make them random; to shuffle.
- (transitive) To carry away or erode by the force of water in motion.
- (transitive) To overlay with a thin coat of metal.
noun
- a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
- a thin coat of water-base paint
- the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
- the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)
- the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
- garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
- any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out
- the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
- (finance, slang) A fictitious kind of sale of stock or other securities between parties of one interest, or by a broker who is both buyer and seller, and who minds his own interest rather than that of his clients.
- The quantity of clothes washed at a time.
- A thin coat of paint or metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.
- Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.
- A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh.
- The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.
- A total failure; a washout.
- The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc.
- (stagecraft) A lighting fixture that can cast a wide beam of light to evenly fill an area with light, as opposed to a spotlight.
- (nautical) The blade of an oar.
- The bow wave or wake of a moving ship, or the vortex from its screws.
- A shallow body of water.
- Ground washed away to the sea or a river.
- The breaking of waves on the shore; the onwards rush of shallow water towards a beach.
- A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation.
- A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.
- In distilling, the fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.
- (television) A lighting effect that fills a scene with a chosen colour.
- Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs; pigwash.
- (idiomatic) A situation in which gains and losses or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent, or in which there is no net change.
- A liquid used for washing.
- (architecture) The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water.
- (art) A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint.
- The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
- In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo or wadi.
verb
noun
- One who bears witness.
- A body of objectively verifiable facts that are positively indicative of, and/or exclusively concordant with, that one conclusion over any other.
- Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
- (law) Anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial.
- your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
- (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved
- an indication that makes something evident
noun
- (figuratively) A demonstration, an example, a proof.
- (UK) A channel or passage of water between sandbanks, or between a sandbank and a seashore.
- (figuratively) A clump or portion of something.
- A selection of such samples bound together.
- A piece, pattern, or sample, generally of cloth or a similar material.
- a sample piece of cloth
verb
noun
- A tangible proof or tribute.
- One of the two parts to the scriptures of the Christian religion: the New Testament, considered by Christians to be a continuation of the Hebrew scriptures, and the Hebrew scriptures themselves, which they refer to as the Old Testament.
- (law) A solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his or her will as to disposal of his or her inheritance (estate and effects) after his or her death, benefiting specified heir(s).
- A credo, expression of conviction.
- strong evidence for something
- a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die
- a profession of belief
verb
noun
- Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.
- (countable) A vote in deciding a particular question.
- (countable, Christianity) A prayer, for example a prayer offered for the faithful dead.
- (uncountable) Aid, intercession.
- (countable, Christianity) A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong.
- (uncountable) The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision, especially in a democratic election.
- (US) The right of women to vote.
- a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment
verb
- provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
- declare legally insane
- guarantee payment on; of checks
- authorize officially
- guarantee as meeting a certain standard
- (transitive) To attest that a product, service, organization, or person has met an official standard.
- (transitive) To attest to (a fact) as the truth.
- (transitive, law) To authenticate or verify in writing.
verb
- provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
- establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
- give an exhibition of to an interested audience
- march in protest; take part in a demonstration
- To show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation.
- (transitive) To show, display, or present; to prove or make evident
- (intransitive) To participate in or organize a demonstration.
- (transitive) To show how to use (something).
verb
- provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
- reveal its presence or make an appearance
- record in a ship's manifest
- (intransitive) To become manifest; to be revealed.
- (transitive) To show plainly; to make to appear distinctly, usually to the mind; to put beyond question or doubt; to display; to exhibit.
- (transitive) To exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the customhouse.
- (transitive, originally New Thought, now also slang) To will something to exist.
adj
noun
verb
- (transitive) To provide evidence for; to lend credibility to.
- (transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
- (transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented position; to give support to.
- (transitive) To provide sustenance or maintenance for; to sustain in integrity or livelihood.
- (transitive) To back or favor a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid:
- (transitive) To help keep from falling.
- (transitive) To play a lesser part in the same production with (a star performer).
- (transitive) To assist or be involved with, but not be responsible for.
- (transitive) To help, particularly financially; to subsidize.
- (transitive, said of electronic devices, programming languages, etc.) To be designed to provide capacity for; to work or be compatible with (a part, accessory, file type, program, algorithm, etc.).
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- be a regular customer or client of
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- argue or speak in defense of
- support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm
- adopt as a belief
- give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to
- establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
- play a subordinate role to (another performer)
- be behind; approve of
- support materially or financially
noun
- (sometimes attributive) Something which supports.
- An accompaniment in music.
- Evidence.
- (fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose grade of membership in that fuzzy set is strictly greater than zero).
- (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero; the closure of that set.
- (structural analysis) Horizontal, vertical or rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed.
- An actor playing a subordinate part with a star.
- (computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
- Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
- (commutative algebra, of a module M over a commutative ring R) The set of all prime ideals of R such that the localization of M at the prime is nonzero, denoted operatorname SuppM
- Financial or other help.
- (gymnastics) Clipping of support position.
- financial resources provided to make some project possible
- any device that bears the weight of another thing
- the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
- supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation
- a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission
- aiding the cause or policy or interests of
- the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities
- something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest
- the financial means whereby one lives
- a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
- documentary validation
verb
- (intransitive) To cite an example as proof; to exemplify.
- (massively multiplayer online games) To duplicate (a dungeon or other area) for each player, or each party of players, that enters it, so that each player or party has a private copy of the area, isolated from other players.
- (transitive, computer graphics) To render (an object) as part of a batch, using the same geometry data.
- (transitive) To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite
- clarify by giving an example of
noun
- (massively multiplayer online games) A dungeon or other area that is duplicated for each player, or each party of players, that enters it, so that each player or party has a private copy of the area, isolated from other players.
- A case offered as an exemplification or a precedent; an illustrative example.
- One of a series of recurring occasions, cases, essentially the same.
- An occasion; an order of occurrence.
- (massively multiplayer online games) An individual copy of such a dungeon or other area.
- (Internet) An independent server on a decentralised social network, such as Mastodon.
- (computing) A specific occurrence of something that is created or instantiated, such as a database, or an object of a class in object-oriented programming.
- an occurrence of something
- an item of information that is typical of a class or group
verb
noun
- (figurative) Anything that supports or strengthens.
- (by extension) Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
- (climbing) A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock.
- (architecture) A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
- (botany) A buttress root.
- a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building
noun
- Witness; evidence; proof of some fact.
- An account of first-hand experience.
- (law) Statements made by a witness in court.
- (religion) In a church service (or religious service), a personal account, such as one's conversion, testimony of faith, or life testimony.
- a solemn statement made under oath
- an assertion offering firsthand authentication of a fact
- something that serves as evidence
noun
- Evidence; confirmation; warrant.
- A substitute; a hostage.
- (law) One who undertakes to pay money or perform other acts in the event that his principal fails therein.
- That which makes sure; that which confirms; ground of confidence or security.
- (law) A promise to pay a sum of money in the event that another person fails to fulfill an obligation.
- Certainty.
- a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
- one who provides a warrant or guarantee to another
- something clearly established
- property that your creditor can claim in case you default on your obligation
- a guarantee that an obligation will be met
noun
noun
- the evidence by which something is attested
- the action of bearing witness
- (business, finance) The process, performed by accountants or auditors, of providing independent opinion on published financial and other business records of an enterprise, public agency, or other organization.
- A confirmation or authentication.
- (linguistics, of a language, word, word form, or word meaning) An appearance in print or otherwise recorded on a permanent medium.
- A thing that serves to bear witness, confirm, or authenticate; validation, verification, documentation.
verb
- (transitive) To substantiate; to corroborate (a belief, argument, etc.)
- (transitive) To empower; to give moral strength to; to encourage; to enhearten.
- (intransitive) To grow strong or stronger.
- (transitive) To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify.
- (transitive) To reinforce, to add to, to support (someone or something)
- (transitive) To augment; to improve; to intensify.
- give a healthy elasticity to
- make strong or stronger
- gain strength
noun
- an argument that assumes that which is to be proved
- one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first
- A situation in which the response to one problem creates a chain of problems, each making it more difficult to solve the original one.
- (logic) A fallacy in which the premise is used to prove a conclusion which is then used to prove the premise.
verb
- To support by approval or encouragement; to vindicate; to confirm (something which has been questioned)
- To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling
- To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.
- stand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals
- support against an opponent
- keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
noun
- (law) Initialism of proof of service.
- (vulgar, of a person or thing) Initialism of piece of shit.
- (medicine) Initialism of peripheral oxygen saturation.
- Initialism of Parinaud's oculoglandular syndrome.
- (retail) Initialism of point of sale or point of service.
- (linguistics) Initialism of part of speech.
- (computing) Initialism of proprietary operating system.
- (navigation, aviation) Initialism of position and orientation system.
phrase
verb
- give evidence of
- have an argument about something
- present reasons and arguments
- (intransitive) To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints; to controvert; to wrangle.
- (transitive) To present (a viewpoint or an argument therefor).
- To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply.
- (intransitive) To have an argument, a quarrel.
verb
- give evidence of
- be a signal for or a symptom of
- to state or express briefly
- indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
- suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine
- (transitive, medicine) To point to as the proper remedies.
- (transitive, sometimes with 'of') To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
- (transitive, medicine) To show or manifest by symptoms.
- (transitive) To signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left.
- (transitive) To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an indicator.
verb
- (transitive) To verify something by supplying evidence; to authenticate or corroborate.
- (transitive) To give material form or substance to something; to embody; to record in documents
- represent in bodily form
- establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
- solidify, firm, or strengthen
- make real or concrete; give reality or substance to
noun
verb
- show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill
- walk ostentatiously
- give an exhibition of to an interested audience
- to show, make visible or apparent
- (transitive) To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.
- (transitive, law) To submit (a physical object) to a court as evidence.
- (transitive) To demonstrate.
- (intransitive) To put on a public display.
- (medicine) To administer as a remedy.
verb
- (transitive) To corroborate, prove, or confirm; to demonstrate; to provide evidence for.
- (intransitive, of a horse) To move quickly and sharply in an outward direction during a race; to veer out.
- To maintain and support to the end; to defend to the last.
- support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm
verb
- To testify; to bear witness; to claim; to assert; to affirm.
- (intransitive) To take or swear an oath.
- (transitive) To remove (a leader) from (high) office without killing (them).
- (law, intransitive) To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition.
- (law, transitive) To interrogate and elicit testimony from during a deposition, typically by a lawyer.
- (literally, transitive) To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away.
- make a deposition; declare under oath
- force to leave (an office)
adj
noun
- the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something
- (countable) An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
- (uncountable) 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.
- 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.
- (countable, mathematics) A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Compare prove, transitive verb, 5.
- (countable, printing) A proof sheet; a trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination.
- (numismatics) A limited-run high-quality strike of a particular coin, originally as a test run, although nowadays mostly for collectors' sets.
- (countable, logic, mathematics) A 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.
- (US) A measure of the alcohol content of liquor. Originally, in Britain, 100 proof was defined as 57.1% by volume (no longer used). In the US, 100 proof means that the alcohol content is 50% of the total volume of the liquid; thus, perfectly pure absolute alcohol would be 200 proof.
- a measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume)
- a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it
- (printing) an impression made to check for errors
- a trial photographic print from a negative
- any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something
verb
- (transitive, firearms) To 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.
- (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To proofread.
- (transitive, baking) To allow (yeast-containing dough) to rise, especially after it has been shaped
- (transitive) To make resistant, especially to water.
- (transitive, baking) To test the activeness of (yeast).
- knead to reach proper lightness
- make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset
- make resistant (to harm)
- activate by mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk
- read for errors
noun
- proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion
- a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature)
- a show of military force or preparedness
- a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view
- a visual presentation showing how something works
- A show of military force.
- (mathematics, philosophy) A proof.
- Expression of one's feelings by outward signs.
- An event at which something will be demonstrated.
- A public display of group opinion, such as a protest march.
- The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something.
- (prison slang) A prisoner's act of beating up another prisoner.
noun
- proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion
- (Roman Catholic Church) a vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration
- (Christianity) An ornamental, often precious receptacle, either open or with a transparent cover, in which the sacramental bread (consecrated host) is placed for Eucharistic adoration.
noun
- (law) A formal phrase used in concluding a plea, to denote confirmation by evidence.
- (mathematics) The operation of testing the equation of a problem, to see whether it truly expresses the conditions of the problem.
- The act or process of verifying.
- The state of being verified.
- Confirmation; authentication.
- (law) an affidavit attached to a statement confirming the truth of that statement
- additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
noun
- (figuratively) A demonstration, an example, a proof.
- (UK) A channel or passage of water between sandbanks, or between a sandbank and a seashore.
- (figuratively) A clump or portion of something.
- A selection of such samples bound together.
- A piece, pattern, or sample, generally of cloth or a similar material.
- a sample piece of cloth
verb
noun
- A tangible proof or tribute.
- One of the two parts to the scriptures of the Christian religion: the New Testament, considered by Christians to be a continuation of the Hebrew scriptures, and the Hebrew scriptures themselves, which they refer to as the Old Testament.
- (law) A solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his or her will as to disposal of his or her inheritance (estate and effects) after his or her death, benefiting specified heir(s).
- A credo, expression of conviction.
- strong evidence for something
- a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die
- a profession of belief
verb
noun
- Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.
- (countable) A vote in deciding a particular question.
- (countable, Christianity) A prayer, for example a prayer offered for the faithful dead.
- (uncountable) Aid, intercession.
- (countable, Christianity) A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong.
- (uncountable) The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision, especially in a democratic election.
- (US) The right of women to vote.
- a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment
noun
- Witness; evidence; proof of some fact.
- An account of first-hand experience.
- (law) Statements made by a witness in court.
- (religion) In a church service (or religious service), a personal account, such as one's conversion, testimony of faith, or life testimony.
- a solemn statement made under oath
- an assertion offering firsthand authentication of a fact
- something that serves as evidence
noun
- Evidence; confirmation; warrant.
- A substitute; a hostage.
- (law) One who undertakes to pay money or perform other acts in the event that his principal fails therein.
- That which makes sure; that which confirms; ground of confidence or security.
- (law) A promise to pay a sum of money in the event that another person fails to fulfill an obligation.
- Certainty.
- a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
- one who provides a warrant or guarantee to another
- something clearly established
- property that your creditor can claim in case you default on your obligation
- a guarantee that an obligation will be met
noun
noun
- the evidence by which something is attested
- the action of bearing witness
- (business, finance) The process, performed by accountants or auditors, of providing independent opinion on published financial and other business records of an enterprise, public agency, or other organization.
- A confirmation or authentication.
- (linguistics, of a language, word, word form, or word meaning) An appearance in print or otherwise recorded on a permanent medium.
- A thing that serves to bear witness, confirm, or authenticate; validation, verification, documentation.
noun
- an argument that assumes that which is to be proved
- one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first
- A situation in which the response to one problem creates a chain of problems, each making it more difficult to solve the original one.
- (logic) A fallacy in which the premise is used to prove a conclusion which is then used to prove the premise.
noun
- (law) Initialism of proof of service.
- (vulgar, of a person or thing) Initialism of piece of shit.
- (medicine) Initialism of peripheral oxygen saturation.
- Initialism of Parinaud's oculoglandular syndrome.
- (retail) Initialism of point of sale or point of service.
- (linguistics) Initialism of part of speech.
- (computing) Initialism of proprietary operating system.
- (navigation, aviation) Initialism of position and orientation system.
phrase
noun
verb
- show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill
- walk ostentatiously
- give an exhibition of to an interested audience
- to show, make visible or apparent
- (transitive) To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.
- (transitive, law) To submit (a physical object) to a court as evidence.
- (transitive) To demonstrate.
- (intransitive) To put on a public display.
- (medicine) To administer as a remedy.
adj
noun
- the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something
- (countable) An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
- (uncountable) 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.
- 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.
- (countable, mathematics) A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Compare prove, transitive verb, 5.
- (countable, printing) A proof sheet; a trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination.
- (numismatics) A limited-run high-quality strike of a particular coin, originally as a test run, although nowadays mostly for collectors' sets.
- (countable, logic, mathematics) A 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.
- (US) A measure of the alcohol content of liquor. Originally, in Britain, 100 proof was defined as 57.1% by volume (no longer used). In the US, 100 proof means that the alcohol content is 50% of the total volume of the liquid; thus, perfectly pure absolute alcohol would be 200 proof.
- a measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume)
- a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it
- (printing) an impression made to check for errors
- a trial photographic print from a negative
- any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something
verb
- (transitive, firearms) To 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.
- (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To proofread.
- (transitive, baking) To allow (yeast-containing dough) to rise, especially after it has been shaped
- (transitive) To make resistant, especially to water.
- (transitive, baking) To test the activeness of (yeast).
- knead to reach proper lightness
- make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset
- make resistant (to harm)
- activate by mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk
- read for errors
verb
- (transitive) To furnish proof of, to show.
- (transitive) To take as evidence.
- (intransitive, construed with to or for) To present personal religious testimony; to preach at (someone) or on behalf of.
- To see the execution of (a legal instrument), and subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its authenticity.
- (transitive) To see or gain knowledge of through experience.
- perceive or be contemporaneous with
- be a witness to
noun
- (countable, databases) An additional database server instance used in failover scenarios to decide whether the mirror should take over.
- (countable) One who sees or has personal knowledge of something.
- (countable) Something that serves as evidence; a sign or token.
- (countable, law) Someone called to give evidence in a court.
- (uncountable) Attestation of a fact or event; testimony.
- (countable) One who is called upon to witness an event or action, such as a wedding or the signing of a document.
- (textual criticism) A particular version of a text (seen as providing testimony of archetype or other earlier version)
- testimony by word or deed to your religious faith
- (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law
- (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
- a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
- someone who sees an event and reports what happened
verb
- To provide evidence or proof.
- To affirm or warrant the correctness or truth of (something); also, to affirm or warrant (the truth of an assertion or statement).
- To call on (someone) to be a witness to something.
- To cite or rely on (an authority, a written work, etc.) in support of one's actions or opinions.
- To back, confirm, or support (someone or something) with credible evidence or proof.
- To bear witness or testify; to guarantee or sponsor.
- Followed by over: of a vouchee (a person summoned to court to establish a warranty of title): to summon (someone) to court in their place.
- In full vouch to warrant or vouch to warranty: to summon (someone) into court to establish a warranty of title to land.
- To bear witness or testify to the nature or qualities (of someone or something).
- To express confidence in or take responsibility for (the correctness or truth of) something.
- give supporting evidence
- summon (a vouchee) into court to warrant or defend a title
- give surety or assume responsibility
- give personal assurance; guarantee
verb
- (transitive) To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to demonstrate.
- (transitive) To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
- (transitive) To make stable or firm; to confirm.
- (transitive) To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
- institute, enact, or establish
- bring about
- set up or found
- place
- establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
- use as a basis for; found on
- build or establish something abstract
- set up or lay the groundwork for
verb
- (transitive) To justify by providing evidence.
- show to be right by providing justification or proof
- (transitive) To be proven reasonable, correct, or justified.
- (transitive) To maintain or defend (a cause) against opposition.
- (transitive) To provide justification for.
- (transitive) To clear of an accusation, suspicion or criticism.
- (transitive) To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.
- maintain, uphold, or defend
- clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting proof
verb
- (ambitransitive) To supply or be evidence of.
- provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
- (transitive) To certify by signature or oath.
- (transitive) To certify in an official capacity.
- (transitive) To affirm to be correct, true, or genuine.
- (transitive) To put under oath.
- give testimony in a court of law
- authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity
- establish or verify the usage of
verb
- show to be right by providing justification or proof
- (transitive) To prove; to ratify; to confirm.
- adjust the spaces between words
- (used of God) declare innocent; absolve from the penalty of sin
- (transitive) To absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin.
- (transitive, typography) To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned.
- (transitive) To provide an acceptable explanation for.
- (reflexive) To give reasons for one’s actions; to make an argument to prove that one is in the right.
- (law) To qualify (oneself) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property.
- (law) To show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject of a charge or accusation.
- (transitive) To be a good reason behind a normally-unacceptable action; to warrant.
verb
- (transitive) To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for; to bear out; to testify.
- prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof
- Alternative form of proof (“allow (dough) to rise; test the activeness of (yeast); pressure-test (a firearm)”).
- (copulative) To turn out to be.
- (homeopathy) To determine by experiment which effects a substance causes when ingested.
- (transitive) To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify.
- (intransitive) To turn out; to manifest.
- simple past of proove
- (transitive) To put to the test, to make trial of.
- be shown or be found to be
- obtain probate of
- establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
- cause to puff up with a leaven
- provide evidence for
- put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
- take a trial impression of
- increase in volume
noun
verb
- refer to for illustration or proof
- repeat a passage from
- refer to
- commend
- make reference to
- call in an official matter, such as to attend court
- advance evidence for
- To mention by way of explanation.
- (transitive, law) To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court.
- (transitive) To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
- (transitive) To mention; to make mention of.
- To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
noun
verb
- refer to for illustration or proof
- repeat a passage from
- name the price of
- put quote marks around
- (intransitive) To indicate verbally or by equivalent means the start of a quotation.
- (transitive) To prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price; to estimate.
- (commerce, transitive) To name the current price, notably of a financial security.
- (transitive) To repeat (the exact words of a person).
noun
- a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else
- a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
- A price set and offered (by the potential seller) for a financial security or commodity; a quotation.
- A statement attributed to a person; a quotation.
- A summary of work to be done with a set price; a quotation.
- A quotation mark.
intj
verb
- (transitive) To confirm, prove, or corroborate; to uphold.
- (transitive) To encourage or sanction (something).
- (transitive) To maintain, or keep in existence.
- (transitive) To experience or suffer (an injury, etc.).
- To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support.
- To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.
- (transitive) To provide for or nourish.
- (law, of a judge) To allow, accept, or admit (e.g. an objection or motion) as valid.
- lengthen or extend in duration or space
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- admit as valid
- supply with necessities and support
- undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
- establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
- provide with nourishment
noun
verb
- admit to testing or proof
- move by or as if by water
- cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
- separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
- to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking
- remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
- cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
- wash by removing particles
- form by erosion
- apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
- make moist
- wash or flow against
- be capable of being washed
- clean with some chemical process
- (intransitive) To bear without damage the operation of being washed; to be suitable for washing.
- (transitive) To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.
- (transitive) To clean with water.
- (transitive) To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide.
- (intransitive) To clean oneself with water.
- (transitive) To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly.
- (intransitive) To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique.
- (chemistry, transitive) To pass or extract (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, especially by removing soluble constituents.
- (mining) To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.
- (intransitive) To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
- (mah-jong) To mix up tiles (before a new game) to make them random; to shuffle.
- (transitive) To carry away or erode by the force of water in motion.
- (transitive) To overlay with a thin coat of metal.
noun
- a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
- a thin coat of water-base paint
- the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
- the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)
- the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
- garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
- any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out
- the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
- (finance, slang) A fictitious kind of sale of stock or other securities between parties of one interest, or by a broker who is both buyer and seller, and who minds his own interest rather than that of his clients.
- The quantity of clothes washed at a time.
- A thin coat of paint or metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.
- Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.
- A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh.
- The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.
- A total failure; a washout.
- The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc.
- (stagecraft) A lighting fixture that can cast a wide beam of light to evenly fill an area with light, as opposed to a spotlight.
- (nautical) The blade of an oar.
- The bow wave or wake of a moving ship, or the vortex from its screws.
- A shallow body of water.
- Ground washed away to the sea or a river.
- The breaking of waves on the shore; the onwards rush of shallow water towards a beach.
- A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation.
- A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.
- In distilling, the fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.
- (television) A lighting effect that fills a scene with a chosen colour.
- Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs; pigwash.
- (idiomatic) A situation in which gains and losses or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent, or in which there is no net change.
- A liquid used for washing.
- (architecture) The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water.
- (art) A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint.
- The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
- In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo or wadi.
verb
noun
- One who bears witness.
- A body of objectively verifiable facts that are positively indicative of, and/or exclusively concordant with, that one conclusion over any other.
- Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
- (law) Anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial.
- your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
- (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved
- an indication that makes something evident
verb
- provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
- declare legally insane
- guarantee payment on; of checks
- authorize officially
- guarantee as meeting a certain standard
- (transitive) To attest that a product, service, organization, or person has met an official standard.
- (transitive) To attest to (a fact) as the truth.
- (transitive, law) To authenticate or verify in writing.
verb
- provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
- establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
- give an exhibition of to an interested audience
- march in protest; take part in a demonstration
- To show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation.
- (transitive) To show, display, or present; to prove or make evident
- (intransitive) To participate in or organize a demonstration.
- (transitive) To show how to use (something).
verb
- provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
- reveal its presence or make an appearance
- record in a ship's manifest
- (intransitive) To become manifest; to be revealed.
- (transitive) To show plainly; to make to appear distinctly, usually to the mind; to put beyond question or doubt; to display; to exhibit.
- (transitive) To exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the customhouse.
- (transitive, originally New Thought, now also slang) To will something to exist.
adj
noun
verb
- (transitive) To provide evidence for; to lend credibility to.
- (transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
- (transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented position; to give support to.
- (transitive) To provide sustenance or maintenance for; to sustain in integrity or livelihood.
- (transitive) To back or favor a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid:
- (transitive) To help keep from falling.
- (transitive) To play a lesser part in the same production with (a star performer).
- (transitive) To assist or be involved with, but not be responsible for.
- (transitive) To help, particularly financially; to subsidize.
- (transitive, said of electronic devices, programming languages, etc.) To be designed to provide capacity for; to work or be compatible with (a part, accessory, file type, program, algorithm, etc.).
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- be a regular customer or client of
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- argue or speak in defense of
- support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm
- adopt as a belief
- give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to
- establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
- play a subordinate role to (another performer)
- be behind; approve of
- support materially or financially
noun
- (sometimes attributive) Something which supports.
- An accompaniment in music.
- Evidence.
- (fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose grade of membership in that fuzzy set is strictly greater than zero).
- (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero; the closure of that set.
- (structural analysis) Horizontal, vertical or rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed.
- An actor playing a subordinate part with a star.
- (computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
- Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
- (commutative algebra, of a module M over a commutative ring R) The set of all prime ideals of R such that the localization of M at the prime is nonzero, denoted operatorname SuppM
- Financial or other help.
- (gymnastics) Clipping of support position.
- financial resources provided to make some project possible
- any device that bears the weight of another thing
- the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
- supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation
- a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission
- aiding the cause or policy or interests of
- the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities
- something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest
- the financial means whereby one lives
- a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
- documentary validation
verb
- (intransitive) To cite an example as proof; to exemplify.
- (massively multiplayer online games) To duplicate (a dungeon or other area) for each player, or each party of players, that enters it, so that each player or party has a private copy of the area, isolated from other players.
- (transitive, computer graphics) To render (an object) as part of a batch, using the same geometry data.
- (transitive) To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite
- clarify by giving an example of
noun
- (massively multiplayer online games) A dungeon or other area that is duplicated for each player, or each party of players, that enters it, so that each player or party has a private copy of the area, isolated from other players.
- A case offered as an exemplification or a precedent; an illustrative example.
- One of a series of recurring occasions, cases, essentially the same.
- An occasion; an order of occurrence.
- (massively multiplayer online games) An individual copy of such a dungeon or other area.
- (Internet) An independent server on a decentralised social network, such as Mastodon.
- (computing) A specific occurrence of something that is created or instantiated, such as a database, or an object of a class in object-oriented programming.
- an occurrence of something
- an item of information that is typical of a class or group
verb
noun
- (figurative) Anything that supports or strengthens.
- (by extension) Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
- (climbing) A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock.
- (architecture) A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
- (botany) A buttress root.
- a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building
verb
- (transitive) To substantiate; to corroborate (a belief, argument, etc.)
- (transitive) To empower; to give moral strength to; to encourage; to enhearten.
- (intransitive) To grow strong or stronger.
- (transitive) To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify.
- (transitive) To reinforce, to add to, to support (someone or something)
- (transitive) To augment; to improve; to intensify.
- give a healthy elasticity to
- make strong or stronger
- gain strength
verb
- To support by approval or encouragement; to vindicate; to confirm (something which has been questioned)
- To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling
- To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.
- stand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals
- support against an opponent
- keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
verb
- give evidence of
- have an argument about something
- present reasons and arguments
- (intransitive) To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints; to controvert; to wrangle.
- (transitive) To present (a viewpoint or an argument therefor).
- To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply.
- (intransitive) To have an argument, a quarrel.
verb
- give evidence of
- be a signal for or a symptom of
- to state or express briefly
- indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
- suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine
- (transitive, medicine) To point to as the proper remedies.
- (transitive, sometimes with 'of') To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
- (transitive, medicine) To show or manifest by symptoms.
- (transitive) To signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left.
- (transitive) To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an indicator.
verb
- (transitive) To verify something by supplying evidence; to authenticate or corroborate.
- (transitive) To give material form or substance to something; to embody; to record in documents
- represent in bodily form
- establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
- solidify, firm, or strengthen
- make real or concrete; give reality or substance to
verb
- (transitive) To corroborate, prove, or confirm; to demonstrate; to provide evidence for.
- (intransitive, of a horse) To move quickly and sharply in an outward direction during a race; to veer out.
- To maintain and support to the end; to defend to the last.
- support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm
verb
- To testify; to bear witness; to claim; to assert; to affirm.
- (intransitive) To take or swear an oath.
- (transitive) To remove (a leader) from (high) office without killing (them).
- (law, intransitive) To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition.
- (law, transitive) To interrogate and elicit testimony from during a deposition, typically by a lawyer.
- (literally, transitive) To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away.
- make a deposition; declare under oath
- force to leave (an office)
adj
- Affording proof; demonstrative.
- (logic) Of the characteristic feature of a proposition that is necessary (or impossible): perfectly certain (or inconceivable) or incontrovertibly true (or false); self-evident.
- Incontrovertible; demonstrably true or certain.
- of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain
adj
noun
adj
noun
- the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something
- (countable) An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
- (uncountable) 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.
- 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.
- (countable, mathematics) A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Compare prove, transitive verb, 5.
- (countable, printing) A proof sheet; a trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination.
- (numismatics) A limited-run high-quality strike of a particular coin, originally as a test run, although nowadays mostly for collectors' sets.
- (countable, logic, mathematics) A 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.
- (US) A measure of the alcohol content of liquor. Originally, in Britain, 100 proof was defined as 57.1% by volume (no longer used). In the US, 100 proof means that the alcohol content is 50% of the total volume of the liquid; thus, perfectly pure absolute alcohol would be 200 proof.
- a measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume)
- a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it
- (printing) an impression made to check for errors
- a trial photographic print from a negative
- any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something
verb
- (transitive, firearms) To 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.
- (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To proofread.
- (transitive, baking) To allow (yeast-containing dough) to rise, especially after it has been shaped
- (transitive) To make resistant, especially to water.
- (transitive, baking) To test the activeness of (yeast).
- knead to reach proper lightness
- make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset
- make resistant (to harm)
- activate by mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk
- read for errors