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‖ probatum ? Obs.|prəʊˈbeɪtəm|
[L. probātum a thing proved: see probate n.]
1. a. A thing proved; a demonstrated conclusion or fact; esp. a means or remedy that has been tried and found efficacious; an approved remedy.
1594Nashe Terrors of Nt. Wks. (Grosart) III. 251 He is a mettle-bruing Paracelsian, hauing not past one or two Probatums for al diseases. 1607T. Walkington Opt. Glass 44 To giue vsuall probatums to trie conclusions. 1654Gayton Pleas. Notes iv. viii. 219 The very Probatum for a Lethargv. [1800Coleridge Wallenst. iv. ii. 130 That's probatum, Nothing can stand 'gainst that.]
†b. A proof or demonstration.
1613Jackson Creed i. xxxi. §7 His people might have a probatum of it either in themselves or others. 1627Sanderson Serm. I. 275 A good probatum of that observation of Solomon, ‘When a mans ways please the Lord, He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.’
†c. Short for probatum est: see 2. Obs.
1634Massinger Very Woman iii. i, Feed him with fogs; probatum. 1709O. Dykes Eng. Prov. & Refl. (ed. 2) 203 It has every one's Probatum to't. 1741Watts Improv. Mind i. xvii. §4 He..recommended it to all his friends, since he could set his probatum to it for seventeen years.
†2. Phr. probatum est [L.] ‘it has been proved or tested’, a phrase used in recipes or prescriptions; also in general sense. Hence as n. Obs.
1573–80G. Harvey Letter-bk. (Camden) 138 By y⊇ masse all, all is nawght, Probatum est; I teach as I am tawght. 1693C. Mather Wond. Invis. World N ij b, [The devil] has had the Encouragement of a Probatum est, upon these horrid Methods. a1721Prior Epigram to Dk. de Noalles iii, Lend him but fifty louis-d'or; And you shall never see him more; Take my advice, probatum est. 1757Hist. 2 Mod. Advent. i. A v, To the above Nostrum, I can subscribe my Probatum est, from its powerful effect upon myself. 1831M. Edgeworth Let. 20 Jan. (1971) 474 Mother in law gave Fanny..the best receipt for a poultice that ever was (probatum est). 1884G. Meredith Let. 17 Sept. (1970) II. 745 All material conquest follows self-conquest... Probatum est. |