probatory

English

Etymology

Compare French probatoire.

Adjective

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.

Derived terms

• probatory term

References

• “probatory”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• barotropy