"prooftext" meaning in English

See prooftext in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: prooftexts [plural]
Etymology: From proof + text. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|proof|text}} proof + text Head templates: {{en-noun}} prooftext (plural prooftexts)
  1. A decontextualized quotation from a document (often, but not always, a book of the Bible) to establish a proposition rhetorically through an appeal to authority.
    Sense id: en-prooftext-en-noun-Bx5FSXLq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51

Verb

Forms: prooftexts [present, singular, third-person], prooftexting [participle, present], prooftexted [participle, past], prooftexted [past]
Etymology: From proof + text. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|proof|text}} proof + text Head templates: {{en-verb}} prooftext (third-person singular simple present prooftexts, present participle prooftexting, simple past and past participle prooftexted)
  1. To use decontextualized quotations from a document (often, but not always, a book of the Bible) to establish a proposition rhetorically through an appeal to authority.
    Sense id: en-prooftext-en-verb-O4KQPfxd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51

Inflected forms

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