Probity Probe

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• probity — [prō′bə tē, präb′ətē] n. [L probitas < probus, good, proper: see PROBE] uprightness in one s dealings; integrity …   English World dictionary

• probe — 1. noun /pɹəʊb,pɹoʊb/ a) Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs etc. They launched a probe into the cause of the accident. b) Something which penetrates something else, as though to explore; something which obtains… …   Wiktionary

• probity — noun [ˈprɘʊbɘ/ɪti] integrity ...they can but bend our hearts to the love of probity and true honour,... Syn: honesty, goodness, decency, honor, virtue, godliness, saintliness …   Wiktionary

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• prove — [12] The ultimate source of prove was Latin probus ‘good’. This went back (like the related Sanskrit prabhu ‘eminent, mighty’) to a prehistoric Indo European compound *probhwo ‘being in front’, hence ‘excelling’ (*promeant ‘in front’, and *bhwo… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• prove — [12] The ultimate source of prove was Latin probus ‘good’. This went back (like the related Sanskrit prabhu ‘eminent, mighty’) to a prehistoric Indo European compound *probhwo ‘being in front’, hence ‘excelling’ (*promeant ‘in front’, and *bhwo… …   Word origins