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Probatory

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adj. Serving for trial; probationary.

adj. Relating to, or serving for, proof.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Serving for trial; probationary.

adj. Pertaining to, or serving for, proof.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Serving for trial; being a proof or test.

Pertaining to or serving for proof.

n. A house for novices.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade you of the truth of an allegation

Word Usage

""probatory" leaf; fourthly, the "probatory" words (in the case of which, by the way, reference is made to the text and not to the gloss); fifthly, the number of leaves in the whole volume; and, lastly, the number of the treatises contained in it -- all written within the aforesaid lines."

Equivalent

significant important

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

probationary