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prove

Pronunciation: /ˈpɹuːv/

The English word “prove” has 9 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for; to bear out; to testify.
  2. To turn out; to manifest.
  3. To turn out to be.
  4. To put to the test, to make trial of.
  5. To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify.
  6. To experience.
  7. To take a trial impression of; to take a proof of.
  8. To determine by experiment which effects a substance causes when ingested.

noun

  1. The process of dough proofing.

Etymology

From Middle English proven, from Old English prōfian (“to esteem, regard as, evince, try, prove”) and Old French prover (“to prove”), both from Latin probō (“test, try, examine, approve, show to be good or fit, prove”, verb), from probus (“good, worthy, excellent”), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-bʰuH-s (“being in front, prominent”), from *pro-, *per- (“toward”) + *bʰuH- (“to be”). Displaced…

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