adjective
- serving to test or examine; designed to prove or establish something
Usage: formal; legal
Examples
- The court allowed probatory evidence to be presented during the hearing.
- The scientist conducted probatory experiments before drawing any conclusions.
- The probatory period for new employees lasts three months.
- Probatory questioning revealed inconsistencies in the witness’s testimony.
- The probatory nature of the examination made students nervous.
- Legal scholars debated the probatory value of the new forensic technique.