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prooftext en · NOUN

Etymology

From proof + text.

Meanings

1. A decontextualized quotation from a document (often, but not always, a book of the Bible) to establish a proposition rhetorically through an appeal to authority.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
prooftexts	Number=Plur		lexicographic

prooftext en · VERB

Etymology

From proof + text.

Meanings

1. To use decontextualized quotations from a document (often, but not always, a book of the Bible) to establish a proposition rhetorically through an appeal to authority.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
prooftexted	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
prooftexted	Tense=Past		lexicographic
prooftexting	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
prooftexts	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic