"proof" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /pɹuːf/ [Canada, UK], /pɹuf/ [US], /pɹʉːf/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand] Audio: en-us-proof.ogg [US] Forms: more proof [comparative], most proof [superlative]
enPR: pro͞of Rhymes: -uːf Etymology: From Middle English proof, from Old French prove, from Late Latin proba (“a proof”), from Latin probare (“to prove”); see prove; compare also the doublet probe. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰuH-}}, {{inh|en|enm|proof}} Middle English proof, {{der|en|fro|prove}} Old French prove, {{der|en|LL.|proba||a proof}} Late Latin proba (“a proof”), {{der|en|la|probare||to prove}} Latin probare (“to prove”), {{m|en|prove}} prove, {{doublet|en|probe|notext=1}} probe Head templates: {{en-adj}} proof (comparative more proof, superlative most proof)
  1. Used in proving or testing. Translations (used in proving or testing): доказателствен (dokazatelstven) (Bulgarian), koe- (Finnish), testi- (Finnish), ראיה (r"aya) (Hebrew)
    Sense id: en-proof-en-adj-GDjLPtWS Disambiguation of 'used in proving or testing': 96 3 1
  2. Firm or successful in resisting. Translations (firm or successful in resisting): устойчив (ustojčiv) (Bulgarian), неподдаващ (nepoddavašt) (Bulgarian), kestävä (Finnish), -álló (Hungarian), -biztos (Hungarian), díonmhar (Irish), -стойкий (-stojkij) [masculine] (Russian), -прочный (-pročnyj) [masculine] (Russian), -упорный (-upornyj) [masculine, rare] (Russian), dìonach (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-proof-en-adj-AZyB2moo Disambiguation of 'firm or successful in resisting': 3 94 3
  3. (of alcoholic liquors) Being of a certain standard as to alcohol content. Translations (being of a certain standard as to strength): előírásos fokú (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-proof-en-adj-Owf0VYvm Disambiguation of 'being of a certain standard as to strength': 2 6 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

IPA: /pɹuːf/ [Canada, UK], /pɹuf/ [US], /pɹʉːf/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand] Audio: en-us-proof.ogg [US] Forms: proofs [plural]
enPR: pro͞of Rhymes: -uːf Etymology: From Middle English proof, from Old French prove, from Late Latin proba (“a proof”), from Latin probare (“to prove”); see prove; compare also the doublet probe. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰuH-}}, {{inh|en|enm|proof}} Middle English proof, {{der|en|fro|prove}} Old French prove, {{der|en|LL.|proba||a proof}} Late Latin proba (“a proof”), {{der|en|la|probare||to prove}} Latin probare (“to prove”), {{m|en|prove}} prove, {{doublet|en|probe|notext=1}} probe Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} proof (countable and uncountable, plural proofs)
  1. (countable) An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial. Tags: countable Translations (any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth): provë [feminine] (Albanian), dëshmi [feminine] (Albanian), ἀπόδειξις (apódeixis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), بُرْهَان (burhān) [masculine] (Arabic), دَلِيل (dalīl) [masculine] (Arabic), إِثْبَات (ʔiṯbāt) [masculine] (Arabic), ապացույց (apacʿuycʿ) (Armenian), prueba [feminine] (Asturian), sübut (Azerbaijani), isbat (Azerbaijani), dəlil (Azerbaijani), дәлил (dəlil) (Bashkir), до́каз (dókaz) [masculine] (Belarusian), доказа́телство (dokazátelstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), prova [feminine] (Catalan), 證據 (Chinese Mandarin), 证据 (zhèngjù) (Chinese Mandarin), důkaz [masculine] (Czech), bevis [neuter] (Danish), bewijs [neuter] (Dutch), pruvo (Esperanto), tõestus (Estonian), tõend (Estonian), koe (Finnish), koestus (Finnish), preuve [feminine] (French), prove [feminine] (Friulian), proba [feminine] (Galician), მტკიცებულება (mṭḳicebuleba) (Georgian), Beweis [masculine] (German), 𐌺𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (kustus) [masculine] (Gothic), απόδειξη (apódeixi) (Greek), הוֹכָחָה (hokhakhá) [feminine] (Hebrew), רְאָיָה (re'ayá) [feminine] (Hebrew), प्रमाण (pramāṇ) [masculine] (Hindi), सबूत (sabūt) [masculine] (Hindi), bizonyítás (Hungarian), sönnun [feminine] (Icelandic), prova [feminine] (Italian), 証拠 (shōko) (alt: しょうこ) (Japanese), дәлел (dälel) (Kazakh), ភស្តុតាង (phŏəh taang) (Khmer), 증거 (jeunggeo) (alt: 證據) (Korean), далил (dalil) (Kyrgyz), proa [feminine] (Ladin), argūmentum [neuter] (Latin), pierādījums [masculine] (Latvian), įrodymas [masculine] (Lithuanian), доказ (dokaz) [masculine] (Macedonian), bukti (Malay), hāponotanga (Maori), पुरावा (purāvā) [masculine] (Marathi), баталгаа (batalgaa) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), delîl (Northern Kurdish), îzbat (Northern Kurdish), bevis [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), pròva [feminine] (Occitan), sēþung [feminine] (Old English), اثبات (esbāt) [masculine] (Pashto), ثبوت (sobut) [masculine] (Pashto), اثبات (esbât) (Persian), دَلیل (dalil) (Persian), Tieekjniss [neuter] (Plautdietsch), Bewiess [masculine] (Plautdietsch), dowód [masculine] (Polish), prova [feminine] (Portuguese), probă [feminine] (Romanian), dovadă [feminine] (Romanian), cumprova [feminine] (Romansch), доказа́тельство (dokazátelʹstvo) [neuter] (Russian), пруф (pruf) [Internet, masculine] (Russian), proa [feminine] (Sardinian), proba [feminine] (Sardinian), prova [feminine] (Sardinian), dearbhadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), до̏ка̄з [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dȍkāz [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), prova [feminine] (Sicilian), dôkaz [masculine] (Slovak), dokaz [masculine] (Slovene), prueba [feminine] (Spanish), demonstración [feminine] (Spanish), demostración [feminine] (Spanish), bevis [neuter] (Swedish), patunay (Tagalog), исбот (isbot) (Tajik), далел (dalel) (Tajik), дәлил (dälil) (Tatar), การพิสูจน์ (gaan-pí-sùut) (Thai), ispat (Turkish), delil (Turkish), до́каз (dókaz) [masculine] (Ukrainian), до́від (dóvid) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ثبوت (sabūt) [masculine] (Urdu), ئىسپات (ispat) (Uyghur), دەلىل (delil) (Uyghur), isbot (Uzbek), dalil (Uzbek), prova [feminine] (Venetian), bằng chứng (alt: 憑證) (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-proof-en-noun-XCSqtn3A Disambiguation of 'any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth': 46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6
  2. (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. Tags: uncountable Translations (the degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief): ապացույց (apacʿuycʿ) (Armenian), بەلگە (belge) (Central Kurdish), pruvo (Esperanto), todisteet (Finnish), todistus (Finnish), preuve [feminine] (French), proba [feminine] (Galician), bizonyíték (Hungarian), indicium [neuter] (Latin), prova [feminine] (Portuguese), dearbhadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), prueba [feminine] (Spanish), patunay (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-proof-en-noun-faugmWOB Disambiguation of 'the degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief': 5 69 3 1 2 3 3 3 4 2 4
  3. 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (quality or state of having been proved or tried): probado (Galician), bizonyság (Hungarian), hāponotanga (Maori), provado [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-proof-en-noun-M0UCt-ry Disambiguation of 'quality or state of having been proved or tried': 1 1 58 0 0 3 6 2 3 23 3
  4. (obsolete) Experience of something. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-proof-en-noun-VMr4576r
  5. (uncountable, obsolete) Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken. Tags: obsolete, uncountable Translations (firmness of mind): bizonyosság (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-proof-en-noun-FTJbNcIO Disambiguation of 'firmness of mind': 0 4 9 0 82 1 1 0 1 1 1
  6. (countable, printing) A proof sheet; a trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Printing Translations (a proof sheet): коректу́ра (korektúra) [feminine] (Bulgarian), koevedos (Finnish), épreuve [feminine] (French), proba [feminine] (Galician), levonat (Hungarian), korrektúra (Hungarian), korrektúralevonat (Hungarian), korrektur [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), korrektur [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), prova [feminine] (Portuguese), корректу́ра (korrektúra) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-proof-en-noun-Zrbi6Z5w Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 5 2 1 4 6 0 1 15 12 10 11 2 12 2 1 10 1 4 Topics: media, printing, publishing Disambiguation of 'a proof sheet': 1 1 7 1 1 77 4 1 3 2 1
  7. (numismatics) A limited-run high-quality strike of a particular coin, originally as a test run, although nowadays mostly for collectors' sets. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Coins Translations (high-quality strike of a coin): polierte Platte [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-proof-en-noun-PO6FiKPj Disambiguation of Coins: 2 5 2 2 3 4 2 1 11 19 6 6 2 9 11 2 7 4 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 5 2 1 4 6 0 1 15 12 10 11 2 12 2 1 10 1 4 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, numismatics Disambiguation of 'high-quality strike of a coin': 2 2 20 1 1 6 34 4 8 15 8
  8. (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. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Logic, Mathematics
    Sense id: en-proof-en-noun-NsUE1rPN Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
  9. (countable, mathematics) A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Compare prove, transitive verb, 5. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed): про́ба (próba) [feminine] (Bulgarian), důkaz [masculine] (Czech), todistus (Finnish), preuve [feminine] (French), proba [feminine] (Galician), Beweis [masculine] (German), próba (Hungarian), prova [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-proof-en-noun-H-mshpzY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 5 2 1 4 6 0 1 15 12 10 11 2 12 2 1 10 1 4 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed': 22 3 5 1 1 5 5 4 47 3 5
  10. (obsolete) Armour of excellent or tried quality, and deemed impenetrable; properly, armour of proof. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Categories (topical): Armor
    Sense id: en-proof-en-noun-YR1ZSdAu Disambiguation of Armor: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0
  11. (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, absolute alcohol would be 200 proof. Tags: US, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-proof-en-noun-s5szNpQ3 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 5 2 1 4 6 0 1 15 12 10 11 2 12 2 1 10 1 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: probe, prove

Verb

IPA: /pɹuːf/ [Canada, UK], /pɹuf/ [US], /pɹʉːf/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand] Audio: en-us-proof.ogg [US] Forms: proofs [present, singular, third-person], proofing [participle, present], proofed [participle, past], proofed [past]
enPR: pro͞of Rhymes: -uːf Etymology: From Middle English proof, from Old French prove, from Late Latin proba (“a proof”), from Latin probare (“to prove”); see prove; compare also the doublet probe. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰuH-}}, {{inh|en|enm|proof}} Middle English proof, {{der|en|fro|prove}} Old French prove, {{der|en|LL.|proba||a proof}} Late Latin proba (“a proof”), {{der|en|la|probare||to prove}} Latin probare (“to prove”), {{m|en|prove}} prove, {{doublet|en|probe|notext=1}} probe Head templates: {{en-verb}} proof (third-person singular simple present proofs, present participle proofing, simple past and past participle proofed)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To proofread. Tags: colloquial, intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-proof-en-verb-FWY6tEZT
  2. (transitive) To make resistant, especially to water. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-proof-en-verb-hn3o3SlQ
  3. (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. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Firearms
    Sense id: en-proof-en-verb-4sfVIiZd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 5 2 1 4 6 0 1 15 12 10 11 2 12 2 1 10 1 4 Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
  4. (transitive, cooking) To allow (yeast-containing dough) to rise. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Cooking Translations (to allow yeast-containing dough to rise): втасвам (vtasvam) (Bulgarian), hæve (Danish), aufgehen lassen (German), garować [imperfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-proof-en-verb-H3C3RWbG Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle Disambiguation of 'to allow yeast-containing dough to rise': 1 0 1 96 2
  5. (transitive, cooking) To test the activeness of (yeast). Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Cooking
    Sense id: en-proof-en-verb-0~3Bxet8 Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: reproof, overproof, proofer, proofing, underproof

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1591, Edmund Spenser, Prosopopoia: or, Mother Hubbard's Tale, later also published in William Michael Rossetti, Humorous Poems,\nBut the false Fox most kindly played his part,\nFor whatsoever mother-wit or art\nCould work he put in proof. No practice sly,\nNo counterpoint of cunning policy,\nNo reach, no breach, that might him profit bring.\nBut he the same did to his purpose wring."
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 1633, John Ford, Love's Sacrifice, Act 1, Scene 1",
          "text": "France I more praise and love; you are, my lord,\nYourself for horsemanship much famed; and there\nYou shall have many proofs to shew your skill.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1831, Thomas Thomson, A System of Chemistry of Inorganic Bodies, volume 2",
          "text": "A given quantity of the spirits was poured upon a quantity of gunpowder in a dish and set on fire. If at the end of the combustion, the gunpowder continued dry enough, it took fire and exploded; but if it had been wetted by the water in the spirits, the flame of the alcohol went out without setting the powder on fire. This was called the proof.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial."
      ],
      "id": "en-proof-en-noun-XCSqtn3A",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "provë"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dëshmi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "burhān",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "بُرْهَان"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "dalīl",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "دَلِيل"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔiṯbāt",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "إِثْبَات"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "apacʿuycʿ",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "word": "ապացույց"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "prueba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "word": "sübut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "word": "isbat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "word": "dəlil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "dəlil",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "word": "дәлил"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "dókaz",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "до́каз"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "dokazátelstvo",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "доказа́телство"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "prova"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "word": "證據"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhèngjù",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "word": "证据"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "důkaz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "bevis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "bewijs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "word": "pruvo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "word": "tõestus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "word": "tõend"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "word": "koe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "word": "koestus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "preuve"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "prove"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "proba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "mṭḳicebuleba",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "word": "მტკიცებულება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Beweis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "kustus",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "𐌺𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "apódeixi",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "word": "απόδειξη"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "apódeixis",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ἀπόδειξις"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hokhakhá",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "הוֹכָחָה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "re'ayá",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "רְאָיָה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "pramāṇ",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "प्रमाण"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "sabūt",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "सबूत"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "word": "bizonyítás"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sönnun"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "prova"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "alt": "しょうこ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shōko",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "word": "証拠"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "dälel",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "word": "дәлел"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "phŏəh taang",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "word": "ភស្តុតាង"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "alt": "證據",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jeunggeo",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "word": "증거"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "word": "delîl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "word": "îzbat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "dalil",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "word": "далил"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "lld",
          "lang": "Ladin",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "proa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "argūmentum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pierādījums"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "įrodymas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "dokaz",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "доказ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "word": "bukti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "word": "hāponotanga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "purāvā",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "पुरावा"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "batalgaa",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "баталгаа"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "bevis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pròva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sēþung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "esbāt",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "اثبات"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "sobut",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ثبوت"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "esbât",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "word": "اثبات"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "dalil",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "word": "دَلیل"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Tieekjniss"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Bewiess"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dowód"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "prova"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "probă"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dovadă"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "rm",
          "lang": "Romansch",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cumprova"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dokazátelʹstvo",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "доказа́тельство"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pruf",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "Internet",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "пруф"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "proa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "proba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "prova"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
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          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
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          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
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          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
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          "roman": "dókaz",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "до́каз"
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          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "до́від"
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          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
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          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
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          "roman": "ispat",
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          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
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          "roman": "delil",
          "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
          "word": "دەلىل"
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          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
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          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
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          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
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          "word": "prova"
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          "_dis1": "46 10 5 1 1 4 4 4 16 3 6",
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          "word": "bằng chứng"
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          "ref": "1841, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “The Over-Soul”, in Essays: First Series",
          "text": "It was a grand sentence of Emanuel Swedenborg, which would alone indicate the greatness of that man's perception, — \"It is no proof of a man's understanding to be able to confirm whatever he pleases; but to be able to discern that what is true is true, and that what is false is false, this is the mark and character of intelligence.\"",
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          "ref": "1990 October 16, Paul Simon, “Proof”, in The Rhythm of the Saints, Warner Bros.",
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        "(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."
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          "roman": "apacʿuycʿ",
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          "_dis1": "5 69 3 1 2 3 3 3 4 2 4",
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          "_dis1": "5 69 3 1 2 3 3 3 4 2 4",
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          "_dis1": "1 1 58 0 0 3 6 2 3 23 3",
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          "_dis1": "1 1 58 0 0 3 6 2 3 23 3",
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        "(obsolete) Experience of something."
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        "Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken."
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        "(uncountable, obsolete) Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken."
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        {
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          "word": "bizonyosság"
        }
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            "Economics",
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          "ref": "2010, Andrea Levy, The Long Song, Tinder Press (2017), page 382",
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          "proof sheet",
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        "(countable, printing) A proof sheet; a trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination."
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      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ],
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        "media",
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        "publishing"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 7 1 1 77 4 1 3 2 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "korektúra",
          "sense": "a proof sheet",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "коректу́ра"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 7 1 1 77 4 1 3 2 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 7 1 1 77 4 1 3 2 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "épreuve"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 7 1 1 77 4 1 3 2 1",
          "code": "gl",
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          "_dis1": "1 1 7 1 1 77 4 1 3 2 1",
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 7 1 1 77 4 1 3 2 1",
          "code": "hu",
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        {
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          "sense": "a proof sheet",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "korrektur"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 7 1 1 77 4 1 3 2 1",
          "code": "pt",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "корректу́ра"
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            "Business",
            "Economics",
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            "Sciences",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        "(numismatics) A limited-run high-quality strike of a particular coin, originally as a test run, although nowadays mostly for collectors' sets."
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "high-quality strike of a coin",
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        }
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        "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."
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        "(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."
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        "A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Compare prove, transitive verb, 5."
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          "_dis1": "22 3 5 1 1 5 5 4 47 3 5",
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          "text": "1591, Edmund Spenser, Prosopopoia: or, Mother Hubbard's Tale, later also published in William Michael Rossetti, Humorous Poems,\nBut the false Fox most kindly played his part,\nFor whatsoever mother-wit or art\nCould work he put in proof. No practice sly,\nNo counterpoint of cunning policy,\nNo reach, no breach, that might him profit bring.\nBut he the same did to his purpose wring."
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          "ref": "1990 October 16, Paul Simon, “Proof”, in The Rhythm of the Saints, Warner Bros.",
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        "(obsolete) Experience of something."
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        "Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken."
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        "(uncountable, obsolete) Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken."
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          "ref": "2010, Andrea Levy, The Long Song, Tinder Press (2017), page 382",
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        "(countable, printing) A proof sheet; a trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination."
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        "Armour of excellent or tried quality, and deemed impenetrable; properly, armour of proof."
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        "(obsolete) Armour of excellent or tried quality, and deemed impenetrable; properly, armour of proof."
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        "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, absolute alcohol would be 200 proof."
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      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prueba"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "word": "sübut"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "word": "isbat"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "word": "dəlil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "dəlil",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "word": "дәлил"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dókaz",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "до́каз"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dokazátelstvo",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "доказа́телство"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prova"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "word": "證據"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhèngjù",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "word": "证据"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "důkaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bevis"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bewijs"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "word": "pruvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "word": "tõestus"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "word": "tõend"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "word": "koe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "word": "koestus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "preuve"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prove"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "proba"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mṭḳicebuleba",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "word": "მტკიცებულება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Beweis"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "kustus",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "𐌺𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apódeixi",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "word": "απόδειξη"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "apódeixis",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ἀπόδειξις"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hokhakhá",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "הוֹכָחָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "re'ayá",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "רְאָיָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pramāṇ",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "प्रमाण"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sabūt",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "सबूत"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "word": "bizonyítás"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sönnun"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prova"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しょうこ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shōko",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "word": "証拠"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "dälel",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "word": "дәлел"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "phŏəh taang",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "word": "ភស្តុតាង"
    },
    {
      "alt": "證據",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeunggeo",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "word": "증거"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "word": "delîl"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "word": "îzbat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "dalil",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "word": "далил"
    },
    {
      "code": "lld",
      "lang": "Ladin",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "proa"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "argūmentum"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pierādījums"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "įrodymas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "dokaz",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "доказ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "word": "bukti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "word": "hāponotanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "purāvā",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "पुरावा"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "batalgaa",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "баталгаа"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bevis"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pròva"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sēþung"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "esbāt",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "اثبات"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "sobut",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ثبوت"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "esbât",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "word": "اثبات"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "dalil",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "word": "دَلیل"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Tieekjniss"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bewiess"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dowód"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prova"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "probă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dovadă"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cumprova"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dokazátelʹstvo",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "доказа́тельство"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pruf",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "Internet",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пруф"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "proa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "proba"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prova"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dearbhadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "до̏ка̄з"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dȍkāz"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prova"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dôkaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dokaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prueba"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demonstración"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demostración"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bevis"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "word": "patunay"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "isbot",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "word": "исбот"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "dalel",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "word": "далел"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "dälil",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "word": "дәлил"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gaan-pí-sùut",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "word": "การพิสูจน์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "word": "ispat"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "word": "delil"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dókaz",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "до́каз"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dóvid",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "до́від"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "sabūt",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ثبوت"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "ispat",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "word": "ئىسپات"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "delil",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "word": "دەلىل"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "word": "isbot"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "word": "dalil"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prova"
    },
    {
      "alt": "憑證",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth",
      "word": "bằng chứng"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "apacʿuycʿ",
      "sense": "the degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief",
      "word": "ապացույց"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "the degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief",
      "word": "pruvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief",
      "word": "todisteet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief",
      "word": "todistus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "preuve"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "proba"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief",
      "word": "bizonyíték"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "belge",
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      "code": "hu",
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To make resistant, especially to water."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Firearms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "firearm",
          "firearm"
        ],
        [
          "test-fire",
          "test-fire"
        ],
        [
          "pressure",
          "pressure"
        ],
        [
          "burst",
          "burst"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "engineering",
        "firearms",
        "government",
        "military",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "politics",
        "tools",
        "war",
        "weaponry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Cooking"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To allow (yeast-containing dough) to rise."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cooking",
          "cooking#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "yeast",
          "yeast"
        ],
        [
          "dough",
          "dough"
        ],
        [
          "rise",
          "rise"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, cooking) To allow (yeast-containing dough) to rise."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "cooking",
        "food",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Cooking"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To test the activeness of (yeast)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cooking",
          "cooking#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "yeast",
          "yeast"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, cooking) To test the activeness of (yeast)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "cooking",
        "food",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹuːf/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹuf/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹʉːf/",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian",
        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːf"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-proof.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4c/En-us-proof.ogg/En-us-proof.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/En-us-proof.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "pro͞of"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vtasvam",
      "sense": "to allow yeast-containing dough to rise",
      "word": "втасвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to allow yeast-containing dough to rise",
      "word": "hæve"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to allow yeast-containing dough to rise",
      "word": "aufgehen lassen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to allow yeast-containing dough to rise",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "garować"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "proof"
  ],
  "word": "proof"
}

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