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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

Proof.

[Obs.]

Spenser. Lydgate.

, for proof, obsolete.

prief

Obsolete form of proof.
- 1421, Lydgate, “v. 2328”, in The Siege of Thebes: Part I:
  And of her willë / sothly this was chief, That she thoughte forto mak a prief
- 1596, Spenser, “v. 293”, in An Hymne of Heavenly Beavtie:
  But late repentance through thy follies prief; Ah! ceasse to gaze on matter of thy grief: