approof proof:
“in approof lives not his epitaph As in your royal speech”
ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, i. 2.
50
(
“The truth of his epitaph is in no way so fully proved as by your royal speech,”
MASON
,—where others understandproof as
equivalent to “approbation”)
“of very valiant approof,”
ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, ii. 5.
2
;
“as my farthest band Shall pass on thy approof”
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, iii. 2.
27.
(
“As I will venture the greatest pledge of security on the
trial of thy conduct,”
JOHNSON
;
“such as I will pledge my utmost bond that thou wilt
prove,”
Nares's Gloss. in “Band”）
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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