Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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probate | Yes | No | Yes | No |
proof | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
probate (noun) | proof (noun) |
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the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements | the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something |
a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate | a trial photographic print from a negative |
any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something | |
a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it | |
(printing) an impression made to check for errors | |
a measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume) |
probate (adjective) | proof (adjective) |
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(used in combination or as a suffix) able to withstand |
probate (verb) | proof (verb) |
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establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents) | make resistant (to harm) |
put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence | activate by mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk |
read for errors | |
knead to reach proper lightness | |
make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset |