PROVE
\pɹˈuːv], \pɹˈuːv], \p_ɹ_ˈuː_v]\
Definitions of PROVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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provide evidence for; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence"
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establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"
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put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"
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prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof
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take a trial impression of
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obtain probate of; "prove a will"
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cause to puff up with a leaven; "unleavened bread"
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increase in volume; "the dough rose slowly in the warm room"
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be shown or be found to be; "She proved to be right"; "The medicine turned out to save her life"; "She turned up HIV positive"
By Princeton University
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provide evidence for; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence"
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establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"
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put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"
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prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof
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obtain probate of, as of a will
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take a trial impression of
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increase in volume; of dough
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To evince, establish, or ascertain, as truth, reality, or fact, by argument, testimony, or other evidence.
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To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify; as, to prove a will.
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To gain experience of the good or evil of; to know by trial; to experience; to suffer.
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To test, evince, ascertain, or verify, as the correctness of any operation or result; thus, in subtraction, if the difference between two numbers, added to the lesser number, makes a sum equal to the greater, the correctness of the subtraction is proved.
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To take a trial impression of; to take a proof of; as, to prove a page.
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To make trial; to essay.
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To be found by experience, trial, or result; to turn out to be; as, a medicine proves salutary; the report proves false.
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To succeed; to turn out as expected.
By Oddity Software
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To test or try by an experiment; to make clear and certain by argument or other evidence; to show to be genuine; as, to prove a will; to learn by experience; show the accuracy of (a calculation).
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To turn out to be or be found to be.
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Provable.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To try by experiment or by a test or standard: to try by suffering: to establish or ascertain as truth by argument or other evidence: to demonstrate: to ascertain the genuineness of: to experience or suffer: (math.) to ascertain the correctness of any result.
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To make trial: to turn out: to be shown afterwards.
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PROVER.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman