N. {ant. 479} demonstration, proof, rigorous # proof,
conclusiveness, apodeixis,
apodixis,
probation, comprobation|, logic of facts, experimentum crucis, argument, rigorous establishment, absolute establishment, conviction,
cogency, (persuasion) 484
V. demonstrate, prove, establish, make good, show,
evince, manifest,
confirm,
corroborate,
substantiate, verify settle the question, reduce to demonstration, set the question at rest, make out, make out a case, prove one's point, have the best of the argument, draw a conclusion, follow, follow of course, follow as a matter of course, follow necessarily, stand to reason, hold good, hold water,
convince, persuade (belief) 484
Adj. demonstrating,
demonstrative,
demonstrable,
probative, unanswerable,
conclusive,
apodictic,
apodeictic,
apodeictical,
irresistible,
irrefutable,
irrefragable, necessary,
categorical, decisive,
crucial, demonstrated,
proven, unconfuted, unanswered, unrefuted, evident,
deducible,
consequential,
consectary,
inferential, following,
convincing,
cogent, persuasive (believable) 484
Adv. of course, in consequence, consequently, as a matter of course, necessarily, of necessity
Phr. probatum est, there is nothing more to be said, quod est demonstrandum, q, e, d, it must follow, exitus acta probat
Pride Roget’s Thesaurus §878 N. dignity,
self-respect, mens sibi conscia recti, pride,
haughtiness, high notions,
hauteur,
vainglory, crest,
arrogance, proud man,
highflier, fine gentleman, fine lady
V. be proud, put a good face on, look one in the face, stalk abroad, perk oneself up, think no small beer of oneself,
presume,
swagger,
strut, rear one's head, lift up one's head, hold up one's head, hold one's head high, look big, take the wall, "bear like the turk no rival near the throne", carry with a high hand, ride the high horse, mount on one's high horse, set one's back up,
bridle, toss the head, give oneself airs,
boast, pride oneself on, glory in, take a pride in, pique oneself, plume oneself, hug oneself, stand upon, be proud of, put a good face on, not hide one's light under a bushel, not put one's talent in a napkin, not think small beer of oneself
Adj. dignified, stately, proud, proud-crested, lordly,
baronial, lofty-minded, highsouled,
high-minded,
high-mettled,
high-handed, high-plumed,
high-flown,
high-toned, haughty lofty, high, mighty,
swollen, puffed up,
flushed,
blown,
vainglorious,
purse-proud, fine, proud as a peacock, proud as lucifer, bloated with pride,
supercilious,
disdainful,
bumptious,
magisterial,
imperious, high and mighty,
overweening,
consequential,
arrogant,
unblushing, stiff,
stiff-necked, starch, perked stuck-up, in buckram, strait- laced,
prim, on one's dignity, on one's high horses, on one's tight ropes, on one's high ropes, on stilts, en grand seigneur
Adv. with head erect
Phr. odi profanum vulgus et arceo, "a duke's revenues on her back", "disdains the shadow which he treads on at noon", "pride in their port, defiance in their eye"
