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Proof : 英英辞書
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.
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 impr
Proof
a.
1. Used in proving or testing; as, a proof load, or proof charge.
2. Firm or successful in resisting; as, proof against harm; waterproof; bombproof.
I . . . have found thee
Proof against all temptation.
Milton.
This was a good, stout proof article of faith.
Burke.
3. Being of a certain standard as to strength; -- said of alcoholic liquors.
Proof charge (Firearms), a charge of powder and ball, greater than the service charge, fired in an arm, as a gun or cannon, to test its strength.
Proof impression. See under Impression.
Proof load (Engin.), the greatest load than can be applied to a piece, as a beam, column, etc., without straining the piece beyond the elastic limit.
Proof sheet. See Proof, n., 5.
Proof spirit (Chem.), a strong distilled liquor, or mixture of alcohol and water, containing not less than a standard amount of alcohol. In the United States "proof spirit is defined by law to be that mixture of alcohol and water which contains one half of its volume of alcohol, the alcoh


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