validation
proof
substantiation | the act of validating, finding or testing the truth of something |
| burden of proof | the duty of proving a disputed charge |
damp-proof course
damp course | a course of some impermeable material laid in the foundation walls of building near the ground to prevent dampness from rising into the building |
| proof | a trial photographic print from a negative |
origin
descent
extraction | properties attributable to your ancestry, he comes from good origins |
vintage
time of origin | the oldness of wines |
proof
cogent evidence | any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something, if you have any proof for what you say, now is the time to produce it |
| origin | the point of intersection of coordinate axes, where the values of the coordinates are all zero |
proof test copy
trial impression | (printing) an impression made to check for errors |
| galley proof | a proof taken before the type is broken up to print pages |
| foundry proof | a proof taken from a form before duplicate plates are made |
| proof | a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it |
| mathematical proof | proof of a mathematical theorem |
| logical proof | proof of a logical theorem |
origin
origination
inception | an event that is a beginning, a first part or stage of subsequent events |
| proof spirit | a mixture containing half alcohol by volume atdegrees Fahrenheit |
d lineage
line
line of descent
descent
bloodline
blood line
blood
pedigree
ancestry
origin
parentage
stemma
stockb | the descendants of one individual, his entire lineage has been warriors |
beginning
origin
root
rootage
source | the place where something begins, where it springs into being, the Italian beginning of the Renaissance, Jupiter was the origin of the radiation, Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River, communism's Russian root |
fatherland
homeland
motherland
mother country
country of origin
native land | the country where you were born |
birthplace cradle
place of origin
provenance
provenience | where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence, the birthplace of civilization |
| origin | the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived, the rumor had its origin in idle gossip, vegetable origins, mineral origin, origin in sensation |
| proof | a measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume) |
| proof | make resistant (to harm), proof the materials against shrinking in the dryer |
child-proof
childproof | make safe against children, childproof the apartment |
goofproof
goof-proof
foolproof | proof against human misuse or error, foolproof this appliance |
| proof | activate by mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk, proof yeast |
proofread
proof | read for errors, I should proofread my manuscripts |
| proof | knead to reach proper lightness, proof dough |
| proof | make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset |
| proof(p) | (used in combination or as a suffix) able to withstand, temptation-proof, childproof locks |
runproof
ladder-proof
run-resistant | (of hosiery) resistant to runs or (in Britain) ladders |