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Pronunciator
n.
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One who pronounces; a pronouncer.
Pronunciatory
a.
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Of or pertaining to pronunciation; that pronounces.
Proof
n.
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Any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
Proof
n.
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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.
Proof
n.
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The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness that resists impression, or does not yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies.
Proof
n.
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Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken.
Proof
n.
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A trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination; -- called also proof sheet.
Proof
n.
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A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Cf. Prove, v. t., 5.
Proof
v. t.
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Armor of excellent or tried quality, and deemed impenetrable; properly, armor of proof.
Proof
a.
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Used in proving or testing; as, a proof load, or proof charge.
Proof
a.
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Firm or successful in resisting; as, proof against harm; waterproof; bombproof.
Proof
a.
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Being of a certain standard as to strength; -- said of alcoholic liquors.
Proof-arm
v. t.
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To arm with proof armor; to arm securely; as, to proof-arm herself.
Proofless
a.
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Wanting sufficient evidence to induce belief; not proved.
Proof-proof
a.
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Proof against proofs; obstinate in the wrong.
Proostraca
pl.
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of Proostracum
Proostracum
n.
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The anterior prolongation of the guard of the phragmocone of belemnites and allied fossil cephalopods, whether horny or calcareous. See Illust. of Phragmocone.
Prootic
a.
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In front of the auditory capsule; -- applied especially to a bone, or center of ossification, in the periotic capsule.
Prootic
n.
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A prootic bone.
Prop
n.
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A shell, used as a die. See Props.
Propped
imp. & p. p.
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of Prop
Propping
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Prop
Prop
v. t.
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To support, or prevent from falling, by placing something under or against; as, to prop up a fence or an old building; (Fig.) to sustain; to maintain; as, to prop a declining state.
Prop
v.
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That which sustains an incumbent weight; that on which anything rests or leans for support; a support; a stay; as, a prop for a building.
Propaedeutic
a.
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Alt. of Propaedeutical
Propaedeutical
a.
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Of, pertaining to, or conveying, preliminary instruction; introductory to any art or science; instructing beforehand.
Propaedeutics
n.
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The preliminary learning connected with any art or science; preparatory instruction.
Propagable
a.
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Capable of being propagated, or of being continued or multiplied by natural generation or production.
Propagable
a.
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Capable of being spread or extended by any means; -- said of tenets, doctrines, or principles.
Propaganda
n.
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A congregation of cardinals, established in 1622, charged with the management of missions.