Webster's Dictionary 1913

8209

Probang

Pro″bang (?), n. [See Probe.] A slender elastic rod, as of whalebone, with a sponge on the end, for removing obstructions from the esophagus, etc.

8210

Probate

Pro″bate (?), n. [From L. probatus, p. p. of probare to prove. See Prove.]1. Proof. Skelton.2. (Law) (a) Official proof; especially, the proof before a competent officer or trib...

8211

Probate (2)

Pro″bate, a. Of or belonging to a probate, or court of probate; as, a probate record.Probate Court, orCourt of Probate, a court for the probate of wills. — Probate duty, a gover...

8212

Probate (3)

Pro″bate (?), v. t. To obtain the official approval of, as of an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament; as, the executor has probated the will.

8213

Probation

Pro‐ba″tion (?), n. [L. probatio, fr. probare to try, examine, prove: cf. F. probation. See Prove.]1. The act of proving; also, that which proves anything; proof.When by miracle...

8214

Probational

Pro‐ba″tion‐al (?), a. Probationary.

8215

Probationary

Pro‐ba″tion‐a‐ry (?), a. Of or pertaining to probation; serving for trial.To consider this life... as a probationary state. Paley.

8216

Probationer

Pro‐ba″tion‐er (?), n.1. One who is undergoing probation; one who is on trial; a novice.While yet a young probationer,And candidate of heaven. Dryden.2. A student in divinity, w...

8217

Probationership

Pro‐ba″tion‐er‐ship, n. The state of being a probationer; novitiate. Locke.

8218

Probationship

Pro‐ba″tion‐ship, n. A state of probation.

8219

Probative

Pro″ba‐tive (?), a. [L. probativus: cf. F. probatif.] Serving for trial or proof; probationary; as, probative judgments; probative evidence. South.

8220

Probator

Pro‐ba″tor (?), n. 1. An examiner; an approver. Maydman.2. (O. Eng. Law) One who, when indicted for crime, confessed it, and accused others, his accomplices, in order to obtain ...

8221

Probatory

Pro″ba‐to‐ry (?), a. [Cf. F. probatoire.] 1. Serving for trial; probationary. Abp. Bramhall.2. Pertaining to, or serving for, proof. Jer. Taylor.Probatory term(Law), a time for ...

8222

Probe

Probe (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Probed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Probing.] [L. probare to try, examine. See Prove.]1. To examine, as a wound, an ulcer, or some cavity of the body, with ...

8223

Probe (2)

Probe, n.(Surg.) An instrument for examining the depth or other circumstances of a wound, ulcer, or cavity, or the direction of a sinus, of for exploring for bullets, for stones...

8224

Probe-pointed

Probe″–point′ed (?), a.(Surg.) Having a blunt or button-shaped extremity; — said of cutting instruments.

8225

Probeagle

Pro″bea′gle (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Porbeagle.

8226

Probity

Prob″i‐ty (?), n. [F. probité, fr. L. probitas, fr. probus good, proper, honest. Cf. Prove.] Tried virtue or integrity; approved moral excellence; honesty; rectitude; uprightnes...

8227

Problem

Prob″lem (?), n. [F. problème, L. problema, fr. Gr. � anything thrown forward, a question proposed for solution, fr. � to throw or lay before; � before, forward + � to throw. Cf...

8228

Problematic

{ Prob′lem‐at″ic (?), Prob′lem‐at″ic‐al (?), } a. [L. problematicus, Gr. �: cf. F. problématique.] Having the nature of a problem; not shown in fact; questionable; uncertain; un...

8229

Problematist

Prob″lem‐a‐tist (?), n. One who proposes problems. Evelyn.

8230

Problematize

Prob″lem‐a‐tize (?), v. t. To propose problems. “Hear him problematize.” B. Jonson.

8231

Proboscidate

Pro‐bos″ci‐date (?), a. [See Proboscis.] (Zoöl.) Having a proboscis; proboscidial.

8232

Proboscidea

‖Pro′bos‐cid″e‐a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Proboscis.] (Zoöl.) An order of large mammals including the elephants and mastodons.

8233

Proboscidean

Pro′bos‐cid″e‐an (?), a.(Zoöl.) Proboscidian.

8234

Proboscidial

Pro′bos‐cid″i‐al (?), a.(Zoöl.) Proboscidate.

8235

Proboscidian

Pro′bos‐cid″i‐an (?), a.(Zoöl.) Pertaining to the Proboscidea. — n. One of the Proboscidea.