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9 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
Meaning
adjective tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade you of the truth of an allegation
originFrom Middle English probatiffe, from Old French probatif, from Latin probātīvus (“belonging to proof”), from Latin probare (“show, prove, demonstrate”) (See prove). Originally in terme probatiffe (“a period of time assigned for the proving of an allegation”). First attested in the mid-15th century.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- abortive 13
- obviate 12
- overapt 12
- overtip 12
- private 12
- vibrate 12
- vibrato 12
- probate 11
- bovate 11
- obvert 11
- pavior 11
- privet 11