preef

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Middle English

Noun

preef

  1. proof
    • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canon's Yeoman's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 967-968:
      [...] He that semeth the wysest, by Iesus!
      Is most fool, whan it cometh to the preef;
      [...]
      He who seems the wisest, by Jesus!
      Is the greatest fool, when it comes to the proof;

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