probatory

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Etymology[edit]

Compare French probatoire.

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probatory (comparative more probatory, superlative most probatory)

  1. 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
  2. Relating to, or serving for, proof.
    • 1638, Daniel Featley, Transubstantiation exploded:
      That [these words] are not argumentative or probatorie.

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