Word Meanings - MONSTRATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of demonstrating; proof. A certain monstration. Grafton.

Related words: (words related to MONSTRATION)

• DEMONSTRATER
  See DEMONSTRATOR
• PROOF-PROOF
  Proof against proofs; obstinate in the wrong. "That might have shown to any one who was not proof-proof." Whateley.
• DEMONSTRATOR
  A teacher of practical anatomy. (more info) 1. One who demonstrates; one who proves anything with certainty, or establishes it by indubitable evidence.
• CERTAINTY
  Clearness; freedom from ambiguity; lucidity. Of a certainty, certainly. (more info) 1. The quality, state, or condition, of being certain. The certainty of punishment is the truest security against crimes. Fisher Ames. 2. A fact or truth
• DEMONSTRATORY
  Tending to demonstrate; demonstrative. Johnson.
• DEMONSTRATIVENESS
  The state or quality of being demonstrative.
• CERTAINNESS
  Certainty.
• DEMONSTRATE
  To exhibit and explain (a dissection or other anatomical preparation). (more info) 1. To point out; to show; to exhibit; to make evident. Shak. 2. To show, or make evident, by reasoning or proof; to prove by deduction; to establish so as to exclude
• DEMONSTRATIVELY
  In a manner fitted to demonstrate; clearly; convincingly; forcibly.
• CERTAIN
  1. Certainty. Gower. 2. A certain number or quantity. Chaucer.
• DEMONSTRATION
  The exhibition and explanation of a dissection or other anatomical preparation. 4. a decisive exhibition of force, or a movement indicating an attack. (more info) 1. The act of demonstrating; an exhibition; proof; especially, proof beyond the
• DEMONSTRATIVE
  1. Having the nature of demonstration; tending to demonstrate; making evident; exhibiting clearly or conclusively. "Demonstrative figures." Dryden. An argument necessary and demonstrative. Hooker. 2. Expressing, or apt to express, much; displaying
• PROOF
  1. Used in proving or testing; as, a proof load, or proof charge. 2. Firm or successful in resisting; as, proof against harm; waterproof; bombproof. I . . . have found thee Proof against all temptation. Milton. This was a good, stout proof article
• PROOF-ARM
  To arm with proof armor; to arm securely; as, to proof-arm herself. Beau. & Fl.
• CERTAINLY
  Without doubt or question; unquestionably.
• PROOFLESS
  Wanting sufficient evidence to induce belief; not proved. Boyle. -- Proof"less*ly, adv.
• MONSTRATION
  The act of demonstrating; proof. A certain monstration. Grafton.
• SELF-REPROOF
  The act of reproving one's self; censure of one's conduct by one's own judgment.
• ASCERTAINMENT
  The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; a finding out by investigation; discovery. The positive ascertainment of its limits. Burke.
• HIGH-PROOF
  1. Highly rectified; very strongly alcoholic; as, high-proof spirits. 2. So as to stand any test. "We are high-proof melancholy." Shak.
• ASCERTAINABLE
  That may be ascertained. -- As`cer*tain"a*ble*ness, n. -- As`cer*tain"a*bly, adv.
• REMONSTRATION
  The act of remonstrating; remonstrance. Todd.
• PLOT-PROOF
  Secure against harm by plots. Shak.
• DISPROOF
  A proving to be false or erroneous; confutation; refutation; as, to offer evidence in disproof of a statement. I need not offer anything farther in support of one, or in disproof of the other. Rogers.
• UNCERTAINTY
  1. The quality or state of being uncertain. 2. That which is uncertain; something unknown. Our shepherd's case is every man's case that quits a moral certainty for an uncertainty. L'Estrange.
• BULLET-PROOF
  Capable of resisting the force of a bullet. Bullet tree. See Bully tree. -- Bullet wood, the wood of the bullet tree.
• STARPROOF
  Impervious to the light of the stars; as, a starproof elm. Milton.
• WATERPROOF
  Proof against penetration or permeation by water; impervious to water; as, a waterproof garment; a waterproof roof.
• BOMBPROOF
  Secure against the explosive force of bombs. -- n.
• WEATHERPROOF
  Proof against rough weather.
• UNCERTAINLY
  In an uncertain manner.
• SHELLPROOF
  Capable of resisting bombs or other shells; bombproof.