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Pro
adv.
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For, on, or in behalf of, the affirmative side; -- in contrast with con.
Proa
n.
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A sailing canoe of the Ladrone Islands and Malay Archipelago, having its lee side flat and its weather side like that of an ordinary boat. The ends are alike. The canoe is long and narrow, and is kept from overturning by a cigar-shaped log attached to a frame extending several feet to windward. It has been called the flying proa, and is the swiftest sailing craft known.
Proach
v. i.
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See Approach.
Proatlas
n.
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A vertebral rudiment in front of the atlas in some reptiles.
Probabiliorism
n.
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The doctrine of the probabiliorists.
Probabiliorist
n.
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One who holds, in opposition to the probabilists, that a man is bound to do that which is most probably right.
Probabilism
n.
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The doctrine of the probabilists.
Probabilist
n.
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One who maintains that certainty is impossible, and that probability alone is to govern our faith and actions.
Probabilist
n.
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One who maintains that a man may do that which has a probability of being right, or which is inculcated by teachers of authority, although other opinions may seem to him still more probable.
Probabilities
pl.
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of Probability
Probability
n.
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The quality or state of being probable; appearance of reality or truth; reasonable ground of presumption; likelihood.
Probability
n.
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That which is or appears probable; anything that has the appearance of reality or truth.
Probability
n.
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Likelihood of the occurrence of any event in the doctrine of chances, or the ratio of the number of favorable chances to the whole number of chances, favorable and unfavorable. See 1st Chance, n., 5.
Probable
a.
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Capable of being proved.
Probable
a.
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Having more evidence for than against; supported by evidence which inclines the mind to believe, but leaves some room for doubt; likely.
Probable
a.
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Rendering probable; supporting, or giving ground for, belief, but not demonstrating; as, probable evidence; probable presumption.
Probably
adv.
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In a probable manner; in likelihood.
Probacy
n.
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Proof; trial.
Probal
a.
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Approved; probable.
Probality
n.
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Probability.
Probang
n.
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A slender elastic rod, as of whalebone, with a sponge on the end, for removing obstructions from the esophagus, etc.
Probate
n.
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Proof.
Probate
n.
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Official proof; especially, the proof before a competent officer or tribunal that an instrument offered, purporting to be the last will and testament of a person deceased, is indeed his lawful act; the copy of a will proved, under the seal of the Court of Probate, delivered to the executors with a certificate of its having been proved.
Probate
n.
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The right or jurisdiction of proving wills.
Probate
a.
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Of or belonging to a probate, or court of probate; as, a probate record.
Probate
v. t.
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To obtain the official approval of, as of an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament; as, the executor has probated the will.
Probation
n.
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The act of proving; also, that which proves anything; proof.
Probation
n.
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Any proceeding designed to ascertain truth, to determine character, qualification, etc.; examination; trial; as, to engage a person on probation.
Probation
n.
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The novitiate which a person must pass in a convent, to probe his or her virtue and ability to bear the severities of the rule.
Probation
n.
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The trial of a ministerial candidate's qualifications prior to his ordination, or to his settlement as a pastor.