probativeadj.

Brit.

/ˈprəʊbətɪv/, U.S.

/ˈproʊbədɪv/

Forms: late Middle English probatiffe, 1600s probatiue, 1600s– probative.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French probatif; Latin probātīvus.

Etymology: < Middle French probatif convincing, founded on proof (late 14th cent.; French †probatif that can prove (1803)) and its etymon classical Latin probātīvus of or relating to proof < probāt- , past participial stem of probāre prove v. + -īvus -ive suffix. Compare Spanish probativo (1424), Italian probativo (a1375).

†1. Having the quality or function of testing; serving or designed for trial or probation; probationary. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [adjective] > having quality or function of testing

probativec1453

probatory1625

tasteful1648

c1453 in H. Anstey Epistolae Academicae Oxon. (1898) I. 320 We..assignyd to them a terme probatiffe.

a1621 A. Willet Hexapla in Genesin & Exodum (1633) xlii. §3 352 Ioseph thrice spake, not assertive, by way of assertion, or affirmation, but probative and tentative, by way of question to trie them.

1624 Bp. F. White Replie to Iesuit Fishers Answere 559 The second are exemplarie, purgatiue, probatiue, or for the edifying of the Church.

1730 D. Waterland Scripture Vindicated i. 79 A much better Argument against human Sacrifices, than a probative Command, not executed, could be for it.

1815 J. Bentham Chrestomathia ii. 17 On the constancy of the application made of the correspondent probative exercise, by which a lesson is said, depends all the use derivable from any mathetic exercise.

a. Chiefly Law. Originally Scots Law. Having the quality or function of proving or demonstrating; affording proof or evidence; demonstrative, evidential.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [adjective]

demonstrativec1405

showablea1500

declarativea1536

showing1552

probatory1593

convictive1634

verifying1634

evincing1641

demonstrating1648

endeictic1656

probative1678

substantiative1794

proving1824

demonstrational1833

verificatory1834

verificative1860

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > [adjective] > types of evidence

corroborative1655

probative1678

nickinga1734

justifiable1755

onerative1827

corroboratory1883

sprung1966

1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. i. 177 The ordinary presumptions probative in this case [sc. adultery] are, the being oft alone together, gifts, love-letters, closs doors, the Wifes being abroad all night, [etc.].

1681 Sc. Acts Chas. II (1820) VIII. 242/2 Act concerning probative witnesses in writs & Executions.

1689 Mercurius Reformatus 18 Dec. 1/1 He who entertains the World with a secret History, ought..to advance nothing but what he backs with original and probative Papers, or testimonies of unquestionable Veracity.

1703 Massacre of Glenco 32 I thought it needless to trouble you with the Copies of the King's Orders..and the Depositions, because every thing in them that is probative of the Point in Question is fairly narrated in the Report of the Commission.

1775 L. Shaw Hist. Moray iv. 179 The witnesses subscribing should be the only probative witnesses.

1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. I. i. i. 18 The principal fact may, in a more expressive way, be termed the fact proved: the evidentiary, the probative fact.

1868 Act 31 & 32 Victoria c. 10 §142 Which [certificates] shall..be probative of such registration.

a1894 R. L. Stevenson Weir of Hermiston (1896) v. 139 Clem, and Gib..swallowed the dose of Dand's irregularities as..distinctly probative of poetical genius.

1909 Catholic Encycl. V. 755/1 We must not minimize the real probative force of the motives of credibility within their true sphere.

1971 Jrnl. Gen. Psychol. 84 222 A theorem deducible only from the conjunction of axioms as their only implicate is, therefore, most probative of the theory that contains them.

1975 Sci. Amer. May 118/1 A new argument for credibility seemed to have emerged when one of the troubled men underwent a polygraph test, which at best is hardly fully probative.

1985 R. C. A. White Admin. of Justice ii. iii. 34 Judges have a discretion to exclude evidence the prejudicial effect of which they believe outweighs its probative value.

2004 Daily Tel. 12 July 19/3 Whether evidence of similar offences committed in the past would be sufficiently probative of the offence currently charged to outweigh its merely prejudicial effect.

b. Scots Law. Designating a document that contains its own authentication or evidence of validity without requiring additional verification.

ΚΠ

1693 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. (ed. 2) iv. xlii. §15 Missive letters are probative, except where they relate to more solemn writs, such as bonds, bills or accompts.

1709 W. Steuart Coll. conc. Worship Church Scotl. i. x. §2 Acts and deeds under clerks hands are probative writs, and the warrants thereof are presumed.

1711 Acts Sederunt Scotl. (1740) I. 223 In case any Extract of the said Executions shall be desired, the Party requiring the same, shall pay for the said Extracts, the same Dues for Extracts that are paid for Probative Writs.

1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 367–8 Where the deed is merely recorded as a probative writ,..the general rule is, that the extract of such a deed is not admissible as evidence.

1867 Edinb. Evening Courant 17 July 5/3 Captain James executed a power of attorney to Eliza Maria Campbell,..and this power was duly registered as a probative writ in the books of Council and Session.

1928 Encycl. Laws Scotl. VI. 418 Probative deeds occupy a very special position not only in the law of evidence but also in the substantive law of rights and obligation.

1995 Times (Nexis) 21 Apr. A commercial relationship had been re-established by means of probative deeds which regulated..the parties' rights and obligations at all stages of the scheme envisaged.

Derivatives

ˈprobatively adv. by way of probation or of proof.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [adverb]

provably1460

demonstratively1570

scientifically1624

declaratively1625

provedly1628

demonstrably1642

affirmably1818

probatively1869

provenly1887

1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. IV. x. 62 'T is even as man grew probatively Initiated in Godship.

1973 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 20 July 2/2 Movant has failed to probatively demonstrate that respondent has willfully failed and refused to comply with the judgment of the court.

1989 Science (Nexis) 31 Mar. 1668 This analogy, offered not probatively but pedagogically, presupposes an additive model that a proponent of configural judgment will not accept.

ˈprobativeness n. the quality of affording proof.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [noun] > quality of being provable

provability1657

demonstrability1663

evidenceableness1665

provableness1864

verifiabilitya1881

verifiableness1881

probativeness1925

1925 U.S. District Court (E. Division, Wisconsin) (Lexis) 10 Dec. The case will be considered, to ascertain whether the petitioner's showing, in its evidentiary probativeness, permits of one, and only one, conclusion.

1971 Jrnl. Gen. Psychol. 84 222 Theorems differ in their degree of probativeness of a theory.

1999 Amer. Jrnl. Polit. Sci. 43 337 They must frequently judge the probativeness of evidence bearing on counterfactual claims and counterclaims.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	probative
释义	probativeadj. Brit. /ˈprəʊbətɪv/, U.S. /ˈproʊbədɪv/ Forms: late Middle English probatiffe, 1600s probatiue, 1600s– probative. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French probatif; Latin probātīvus. Etymology: < Middle French probatif convincing, founded on proof (late 14th cent.; French †probatif that can prove (1803)) and its etymon classical Latin probātīvus of or relating to proof < probāt- , past participial stem of probāre prove v. + -īvus -ive suffix. Compare Spanish probativo (1424), Italian probativo (a1375). †1. Having the quality or function of testing; serving or designed for trial or probation; probationary. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [adjective] > having quality or function of testing probativec1453 probatory1625 tasteful1648 c1453 in H. Anstey Epistolae Academicae Oxon. (1898) I. 320 We..assignyd to them a terme probatiffe. a1621 A. Willet Hexapla in Genesin & Exodum (1633) xlii. §3 352 Ioseph thrice spake, not assertive, by way of assertion, or affirmation, but probative and tentative, by way of question to trie them. 1624 Bp. F. White Replie to Iesuit Fishers Answere 559 The second are exemplarie, purgatiue, probatiue, or for the edifying of the Church. 1730 D. Waterland Scripture Vindicated i. 79 A much better Argument against human Sacrifices, than a probative Command, not executed, could be for it. 1815 J. Bentham Chrestomathia ii. 17 On the constancy of the application made of the correspondent probative exercise, by which a lesson is said, depends all the use derivable from any mathetic exercise. 2. a. Chiefly Law. Originally Scots Law. Having the quality or function of proving or demonstrating; affording proof or evidence; demonstrative, evidential. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [adjective] demonstrativec1405 showablea1500 declarativea1536 showing1552 probatory1593 convictive1634 verifying1634 evincing1641 demonstrating1648 endeictic1656 probative1678 substantiative1794 proving1824 demonstrational1833 verificatory1834 verificative1860 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > [adjective] > types of evidence corroborative1655 probative1678 nickinga1734 justifiable1755 onerative1827 corroboratory1883 sprung1966 1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. i. 177 The ordinary presumptions probative in this case [sc. adultery] are, the being oft alone together, gifts, love-letters, closs doors, the Wifes being abroad all night, [etc.]. 1681 Sc. Acts Chas. II (1820) VIII. 242/2 Act concerning probative witnesses in writs & Executions. 1689 Mercurius Reformatus 18 Dec. 1/1 He who entertains the World with a secret History, ought..to advance nothing but what he backs with original and probative Papers, or testimonies of unquestionable Veracity. 1703 Massacre of Glenco 32 I thought it needless to trouble you with the Copies of the King's Orders..and the Depositions, because every thing in them that is probative of the Point in Question is fairly narrated in the Report of the Commission. 1775 L. Shaw Hist. Moray iv. 179 The witnesses subscribing should be the only probative witnesses. 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. I. i. i. 18 The principal fact may, in a more expressive way, be termed the fact proved: the evidentiary, the probative fact. 1868 Act 31 & 32 Victoria c. 10 §142 Which [certificates] shall..be probative of such registration. a1894 R. L. Stevenson Weir of Hermiston (1896) v. 139 Clem, and Gib..swallowed the dose of Dand's irregularities as..distinctly probative of poetical genius. 1909 Catholic Encycl. V. 755/1 We must not minimize the real probative force of the motives of credibility within their true sphere. 1971 Jrnl. Gen. Psychol. 84 222 A theorem deducible only from the conjunction of axioms as their only implicate is, therefore, most probative of the theory that contains them. 1975 Sci. Amer. May 118/1 A new argument for credibility seemed to have emerged when one of the troubled men underwent a polygraph test, which at best is hardly fully probative. 1985 R. C. A. White Admin. of Justice ii. iii. 34 Judges have a discretion to exclude evidence the prejudicial effect of which they believe outweighs its probative value. 2004 Daily Tel. 12 July 19/3 Whether evidence of similar offences committed in the past would be sufficiently probative of the offence currently charged to outweigh its merely prejudicial effect. b. Scots Law. Designating a document that contains its own authentication or evidence of validity without requiring additional verification. ΚΠ 1693 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. (ed. 2) iv. xlii. §15 Missive letters are probative, except where they relate to more solemn writs, such as bonds, bills or accompts. 1709 W. Steuart Coll. conc. Worship Church Scotl. i. x. §2 Acts and deeds under clerks hands are probative writs, and the warrants thereof are presumed. 1711 Acts Sederunt Scotl. (1740) I. 223 In case any Extract of the said Executions shall be desired, the Party requiring the same, shall pay for the said Extracts, the same Dues for Extracts that are paid for Probative Writs. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 367–8 Where the deed is merely recorded as a probative writ,..the general rule is, that the extract of such a deed is not admissible as evidence. 1867 Edinb. Evening Courant 17 July 5/3 Captain James executed a power of attorney to Eliza Maria Campbell,..and this power was duly registered as a probative writ in the books of Council and Session. 1928 Encycl. Laws Scotl. VI. 418 Probative deeds occupy a very special position not only in the law of evidence but also in the substantive law of rights and obligation. 1995 Times (Nexis) 21 Apr. A commercial relationship had been re-established by means of probative deeds which regulated..the parties' rights and obligations at all stages of the scheme envisaged. Derivatives ˈprobatively adv. by way of probation or of proof. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [adverb] provably1460 demonstratively1570 scientifically1624 declaratively1625 provedly1628 demonstrably1642 affirmably1818 probatively1869 provenly1887 1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. IV. x. 62 'T is even as man grew probatively Initiated in Godship. 1973 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 20 July 2/2 Movant has failed to probatively demonstrate that respondent has willfully failed and refused to comply with the judgment of the court. 1989 Science (Nexis) 31 Mar. 1668 This analogy, offered not probatively but pedagogically, presupposes an additive model that a proponent of configural judgment will not accept. ˈprobativeness n. the quality of affording proof. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [noun] > quality of being provable provability1657 demonstrability1663 evidenceableness1665 provableness1864 verifiabilitya1881 verifiableness1881 probativeness1925 1925 U.S. District Court (E. Division, Wisconsin) (Lexis) 10 Dec. The case will be considered, to ascertain whether the petitioner's showing, in its evidentiary probativeness, permits of one, and only one, conclusion. 1971 Jrnl. Gen. Psychol. 84 222 Theorems differ in their degree of probativeness of a theory. 1999 Amer. Jrnl. Polit. Sci. 43 337 They must frequently judge the probativeness of evidence bearing on counterfactual claims and counterclaims. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1453
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