479} demonstration, proof, rigorous proof; conclusiveness &c adj.;
apodeixis†, apodixis†, probation, comprobation†.
logic of facts &c (evidence) 467; experimentum crucis &c (test)
463 [Lat.]; argument &c 476; rigorous establishment, absolute
establishment.
conviction, cogency, (persuasion) 484.
V. demonstrate, prove, establish; make good; show, evince, manifest &c
(be evidence of) 467; confirm, corroborate, substantiate, verify &c
467, 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 &c (judge) 480.
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 &c v., demonstrative, demonstrable; probative,
unanswerable, conclusive; apodictic†, apodeictic†, apodeictical†;
irresistible, irrefutable, irrefragable; necessary.
categorical, decisive, crucial.
demonstrated &c v.; proven; unconfuted†, unanswered, unrefuted†;
evident &c 474.
deducible, consequential, consectary†, inferential, following.
[demonstrated to one's satisfaction] convincing, cogent,
persuasive (believable) 484.
Adv. of course, in consequence, consequently, as a matter of course;
necessarily, of necessity.
Phr. probatum est [Lat.]; there is nothing more to be said; quod est
demonstrandum [Lat.], Q.E.D.; it must follow; exitus acta probat
[Lat.].