Word Meanings - PROBATORY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Serving for trial; probationary. Abp. Bramhall. 2. Pertaining to, or serving for, proof. Jer. Taylor. Probatory term , a time for taking testimony.

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• SERVING
  a & n. from Serve. Serving board , a flat piece of wood used in serving ropes. -- Serving maid, a female servant; a maidservant. -- Serving mallet , a wooden instrument shaped like a mallet, used in serving ropes. -- Serving man, a male servant,
• TRIALITY
  Three united; state of being three. H. Wharton.
• TAKING
  1. Apt to take; alluring; attracting. Subtile in making his temptations most taking. Fuller. 2. Infectious; contageous. Beau. & Fl. -- Tak"ing*ly, adv. -- Tak"ing*ness, n.
• SERVO-MOTOR
  A relay apparatus; specif.: An auxiliary motor, regulated by a hand lever, for quickly and easily moving the reversing gear of a large marine engine into any desired position indicated by that of the hand lever, which controls the valve
• SERVILELY
  In a servile manner; slavishly.
• TESTIMONY
  The two tables of the law. Thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee. Ex. xxv. 16. 6. Hence, the whole divine revelation; the sacre The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. Ps. xix. Syn. -- Proof; evidence;
• SERVILENESS
  Quality of being servile; servility.
• SERVABLE
  Capable of being preserved. (more info) 1. Capable of being served. 2. Etym:
• SERVITORSHIP
  The office, rank, or condition of a servitor. Boswell.
• SERVER
  1. One who serves. 2. A tray for dishes; a salver. Randolph.
• PROOF-PROOF
  Proof against proofs; obstinate in the wrong. "That might have shown to any one who was not proof-proof." Whateley.
• TAKE
  Taken. Chaucer.
• SERVIAN
  Of or pertaining to Servia, a kingdom of Southern Europe. -- n.
• PROBATIONARY
  Of or pertaining to probation; serving for trial. To consider this life . . . as a probationary state. Paley.
• TAKE-OFF
  An imitation, especially in the way of caricature.
• SERVALINE
  Related to, or resembling, the serval.
• SERVICE
  The act of bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law; as, the service of a subpoena or an attachment. (more info) 1. The act of serving; the occupation of a servant; the performance of labor for
• SERVAGE
  Serfage; slavery; servitude. Chaucer.
• TRIALOGUE
  A discourse or colloquy by three persons.
• TAYLOR-WHITE PROCESS
  A process (invented about 1899 by Frederick W. Taylor and Maunsel B. White) for giving toughness to self-hardening steels. The steel is heated almost to fusion, cooled to a temperature of from 700º to 850º C. in molten lead, further cooled in
• DISSERVE
  To fail to serve; to do injury or mischief to; to damage; to hurt; to harm. Have neither served nor disserved the interests of any party. Jer. Taylor. (more info) Etym:
• RESERVE
  1. To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose. "I have reserved to myself nothing." Shak. 2. Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to keep; to retain. Gen.
• DISAPPROBATORY
  Containing disapprobation; serving to disapprove.
• DESERVEDNESS
  Meritoriousness.
• UNMISTAKABLE
  Incapable of being mistaken or misunderstood; clear; plain; obvious; evident. -- Un`mis*tak"a*bly, adv.
• SELF-REPROOF
  The act of reproving one's self; censure of one's conduct by one's own judgment.
• CONSERVATIONAL
  Tending to conserve; preservative.
• 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.
• LEAVE-TAKING
  Taking of leave; parting compliments. Shak.
• MISTAKING
  An error; a mistake. Shak.
• MISOBSERVE
  To observe inaccurately; to mistake in observing. Locke.
• PLOT-PROOF
  Secure against harm by plots. Shak.
• SUBSERVIENCE; SUBSERVIENCY
  The quality or state of being subservient; instrumental fitness or use; hence, willingness to serve another's purposes; in a derogatory sense, servility. The body wherein appears much fitness, use, and subserviency to infinite functions. Bentley.
• INSERVE
  To be of use to an end; to serve.
• PUBLIC-SERVICE CORPORATION; QUASI-PUBLIC CORPORATION
  A corporation, such as a railroad company, lighting company, water company, etc., organized or chartered to follow a public calling or to render services more or less essential to the general public convenience or safety.