semiproof

noun

semiproof

noun

Etymology From semi- + proof.

1

Obsolete Half proof; evidence from the testimony of a single witness.

  • there are some things which being not able to pass for entire proofs, do pass for semiproofs1662, George Pellisson, A Miscellany of divers Problems:

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