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Definition of "probative" [pro•ba•tive]

  • Furnishing evidence or proof. (adjective)
  • Serving to test, try, or prove. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "probative" in a sentence
  • "On the final point, rules of evidence, the administration would essentially allow all evidence to be presented if it was what they call probative value or had some meaning to prove a case."
  • "Gunslinging is dick-swinging - the dare-ya atmosphere we males know well, what I call probative masculinity."
  • "What kinds of persons will emerge from a culture of impunity, a culture of gunfighting, a culture of the most extreme kind of probative masculinity?"
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