单词 | probator |
释义 | † probatorn. Obsolete. 1. Law. A person who offers to prove another guilty, an accuser; = approver n.1 1. Also: one who appeals to a higher tribunal; = appellant adj. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > [noun] > a witness > one who turns state's evidence provera1325 approverc1475 appellor1660 probator1676 lemon1931 1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Probator, a prover or App-, who was to prove his allegation by battel or the Countrey, as the Appealed would. 1701 W. Kennett Cowell's Interpreter (new ed.) sig. Rrvb Probator, An Accuser, or Approver, or one who undertakes to prove a crime charg'd upon another. 1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. xxv. 330 He is called an approver or prover, probator, and the party appealed or accused is called the appellee. 1868 J. Oswald Etymol. Dict. Eng. Lang. 345 Probator,..an approver. 2. An examiner. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [noun] > person conducting searchera1382 inseerc1438 intracer?a1475 inquisitor?1504 investigator1538 peruser1549 tracer1552 scrutineer1557 examinant1587 revisitor1594 examiner?1608 examinator1612 researcher1615 indagator1620 ferret1629 pryer1674 probator1691 disquisitor1766 grubber1776 prober1777 grubbler1813 detective1850 expiscator1882 1691 H. Maydman Naval Speculations 182 Some nominated, and appointed for Probators. 1868 J. Oswald Etymol. Dict. Eng. Lang. 345 Probator, an examiner. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1676 |
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