approof (not freq. outside S., who has 4 examples)
1.
trial, proof
All'sW. II. v. 3
“of valiant
approof”
(=of proved valour),
Ant. III. ii. 27
“on thy approof”
(=on the trial or proof of thy conduct).
2.
approbation
Meas. II. iv. 175
“Either of condemnation
or approof”
; All'sW. I. ii. 50*
“So in approof lives not his
epitaph” (=the truth of his epitaph is
in no way so fully confirmed).