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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade you of the truth of an allegation;
- Example: "evidence should only be excluded if its probative value was outweighed by its prejudicial effect"
[syn: probative, probatory]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Probative \Pro"ba*tive\, a. [L. probativus: cf. F. probatif.] Serving for trial or proof; probationary; as, probative judgments; probative evidence. --South. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

probative adj 1: tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade you of the truth of an allegation; "evidence should only be excluded if its probative value was outweighed by its prejudicial effect" [syn: probative, probatory]