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- English Word Probable Definition Rendering probable; supporting, or giving ground for, belief, but not demonstrating; as, probable evidence; probable presumption.
- English Word Probably Definition In a probable manner; in likelihood.
- English Word Probacy Definition Proof; trial.
- English Word Probal Definition Approved; probable.
- English Word Probality Definition Probability.
- English Word Probang Definition A slender elastic rod, as of whalebone, with a sponge on the end, for removing obstructions from the esophagus, etc.
- English Word Probate Definition Proof.
- English Word Probate Definition Official proof; especially, the proof before a competent officer or tribunal that an instrument offered, purporting to be the last will and testament of a person deceased, is indeed his lawful act; the copy of a will proved, under the seal of the Court of Probate, delivered to the executors with a certificate of its having been proved.
- English Word Probate Definition The right or jurisdiction of proving wills.
- English Word Probate Definition Of or belonging to a probate, or court of probate; as, a probate record.
- English Word Probate Definition 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.
- English Word Probation Definition The act of proving; also, that which proves anything; proof.
- English Word Probation Definition Any proceeding designed to ascertain truth, to determine character, qualification, etc.; examination; trial; as, to engage a person on probation.
- English Word Probation Definition The novitiate which a person must pass in a convent, to probe his or her virtue and ability to bear the severities of the rule.
- English Word Probation Definition The trial of a ministerial candidate's qualifications prior to his ordination, or to his settlement as a pastor.
- English Word Probation Definition Moral trial; the state of man in the present life, in which he has the opportunity of proving his character, and becoming qualified for a happier state.
- English Word Probational Definition Probationary.
- English Word Probationary Definition Of or pertaining to probation; serving for trial.
- English Word Probationer Definition One who is undergoing probation; one who is on trial; a novice.
- English Word Probationer Definition A student in divinity, who, having received certificates of good morals and qualifications from his university, is admitted to several trials by a presbytery, and, on acquitting himself well, is licensed to preach.