PROOF
Definition of PROOF
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An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
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The degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments which induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration.
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The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness which resists impression, or does not yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies.
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To proofread.
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To make resistant, especially to water.
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To allow yeast-containing dough to rise.
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Used in proving or testing.
"a proof load; a proof charge"
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Firm or successful in resisting.
"proof against harm"
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(of alcoholic liquors) Being of a certain standard as to alcohol content.
Source: Wiktionary