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Prove

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Verb

1. prove, turn out, turn up

be shown or be found to be

Example Sentences:
'She proved to be right'
'The medicine turned out to save her life'
'She turned up HIV positive'

2. demonstrate, establish, prove, shew, show

establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment

Example Sentences:
'The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound'
'The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture'

3. bear witness, evidence, prove, show, testify

provide evidence for

Example Sentences:
'The blood test showed that he was the father'
'Her behavior testified to her incompetence'

4. prove

prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof

5. essay, examine, prove, test, try, try out

put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to

Example Sentences:
'This approach has been tried with good results'
'Test this recipe'

6. prove, rise

increase in volume

Example Sentences:
'the dough rose slowly in the warm room'

7. leaven, prove, raise

cause to puff up with a leaven

Example Sentences:
'unleavened bread'

8. prove

take a trial impression of

9. prove

obtain probate of

Example Sentences:
'prove a will'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Prove

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verbWord forms: proves, proving, proved, proved or proven (mainly tr)
1. (may take a clause as object or an infinitive)
to establish or demonstrate the truth or validity of; verify, esp by using an established sequence of procedures or statements
2. 
to establish the quality of, esp by experiment or scientific analysis
3. law
to establish the validity and genuineness of (a will)
4. 
to show (oneself) able or courageous
5. (copula)
to be found or shown (to be)
this has proved useless
he proved to be invaluable
6. printing
to take a trial impression of (type, etc)
7. (intransitive)
(of dough) to rise in a warm place before baking
8. archaic
to undergo

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Prove

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verb transitiveWord forms: proved, proved or ˈproven, ˈproving
1. 
to test by experiment, a standard, etc.; subject to a testing process; try out
2. 
to establish as true; demonstrate to be a fact
3. 
to establish the validity or authenticity of (esp. a will)
4. 
to show (oneself) to be capable, dependable, etc.
5.  Archaic
to experience; learn or know by experience
6.  Ancient Mathematics
to test or verify the correctness of (a calculation, etc.)
7.  Printing
to take a proof of (type, etc.)
verb intransitive
8. 
to be found or shown by experience or trial; turn out to be
a guess that proved right
9.  Archaic
to make trial

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Prove

see synonyms of prove
v. proved, proved or prov·en (prvən), prov·ing, proves
v.tr.
1.
a. To establish the truth or validity of (something) by the presentation of argument or evidence: The novel proves that the essayist can write in more than one genre. The storm proved him to be wrong in his prediction.
b. To demonstrate the reality of (something): He proved his strength by doing 50 pushups.
c. To show (oneself) to be what is specified or to have a certain characteristic: proved herself to be a formidable debater; proved herself to be worthy of the task.
2. Law
a. To establish by the required amount of evidence: proved his case in court.
b. To establish the authenticity of (a will).
3. Mathematics
a. To demonstrate the validity of (a hypothesis or proposition).
b. To verify (the result of a calculation).
4. To subject (a gun, for instance) to a test.
5. Printing To make a sample impression of (type); proof.
6. Archaic To find out or learn (something) through experience.
v.intr.
To be shown to be such; turn out: a theory that proved impractical in practice; a schedule that proved to be too demanding.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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