probatory
English
Etymology
Compare French probatoire.
Adjective
probatory (comparative more probatory, superlative most probatory)
- Serving for trial; probationary.
- 1653 John Bramhall, Answer to M. De la Milletiere
- if you will not allow his Majesty's sufferings to be Sovereigns merely probatory
- 1653 John Bramhall, Answer to M. De la Milletiere
- Relating to, or serving for, proof.
- 1638, Daniel Featley, Transubstantiation exploded:
- That [these words] are not argumentative or probatorie.
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Derived terms
- probatory term
References
- probatory in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
- barotropy