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Webster 1913 Edition


Probative

Pro′ba-tive

,
Adj.
[L.
probativus
: cf. F.
probatif
.]
Serving for trial or proof; probationary;
as,
probative
judgments;
probative
evidence.
South.

Webster 1828 Edition


Probative

PRO'BATIVE

,
Adj.
Serving for trial or proof.

Definition 2024


probative

probative

English

Adjective

probative (comparative more probative, superlative most probative)

  1. (law) Tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade someone of the truth of an allegation.
    • 2003, Edith Grossman (translator), Gabriel García Márquez (author), Living to Tell the Tale, chapter 2:
      My grandfather in person organized the file with a surfeit of sworn testimonies and probative documents []

Translations


Italian

Adjective

probative

  1. feminine plural of probativo