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Proof-proof
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proofread definitions
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
v
1: read for errors; "I should proofread my manuscripts" [syn: proofread, proof]
Merriam Webster's
transitive verb (proofread; -reading) Etymology: back-formation from proofreader Date: 1920 to read and mark corrections in (as a proof)
Oxford Reference Dictionary
v.tr. (past and past part. -read) read (printer's proofs) and mark any errors. Derivatives: proofreader n. proofreading n.
Collin's Cobuild Dictionary
also proof-read(proofreads, proofreading) When someone proofreads something such as a book or an article, they read it before it is published in order to find and mark mistakes that need to be corrected. I didn't even have the chance to proofread my own report. VERB: V n, also V
