verificatoryadj.
/ˈvɛrɪfɪˌkeɪtəri/ That verifies; having the property of verifying; of the nature of, serving as, a verification.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [adjective]
demonstrativec1405
showablea1500
declarativea1536
showing1552
probatory1593
convictive1634
verifying1634
evincing1641
demonstrating1648
endeictic1656
probative1678
substantiative1794
proving1824
demonstrational1833
verificatory1834
verificative1860
1834 Fraser's Mag. 10 362 There is nothing new under the sun—an observation which is indeed verificatory of itself.
1870 J. H. Newman Ess. Gram. Assent ii. viii. 297 Syllogism has no part, even verificatory, in the action of my mind.
1875 W. Jackson Bampton Lect. 156 The evidence becomes accumulative, or, if you please, verificatory.
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