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probative
[ proh-buh-tiv, prob-uh- ]
adjective
- serving or designed for testing or trial.
- affording proof or evidence.
probative
/ ˈprəʊbətɪv; ˈprəʊbətərɪ; -trɪ /
adjective
- serving to test or designed for testing
- providing proof or evidence
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Derived Forms
- ˈprobatively, adverb
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Other Words From
- proba·tive·ly adverb
- non·proba·tive adjective
- non·proba·tory adjective
- un·proba·tive adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of probative1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of probative1
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Example Sentences
Can we eagerly look forward to academic investigation of vampires or probative studies of alien abductions?
But Quintilian has less faith in the probative value of fictitious examples than he has in those drawn from authentic history.
Ap′probatory, Ap′probative, of or belonging to one who approves.
Let a sufficient amount of probative evidence be addressed to the eye, the act of believing must follow.
The second clause, relating to instances in which the phenomenon is absent, depends for its probative force upon Prop.
Certainly, there seems to be some illusion in the common belief in the probative force of prediction.
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