prove

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Synonyms: probe, grove, rove, prone, prose, drove, trove, prole, preve, provo, poove

Antonyms: probe, grove, rove, prone, prose, drove, trove, prole, preve, provo, poove

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Verb

To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for; to bear out; to testify.
- I will prove that my method is more effective than yours.
To turn out; to manifest.
- It proved to be a cold day.
- A faulty connection proved to be the culprit.
To turn out to be.
- Have an exit strategy should your calculations prove incorrect.
- The hope that he’d react proved utterly unfounded.
To put to the test, to make trial of.
- They took the experimental car to the proving-grounds.
- The exception proves the rule.
To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify.
- to prove a will
To experience.
To take a trial impression of; to take a proof of.
- to prove a page
Alternative form of proof (“allow (dough) to rise; test the activeness of (yeast); pressure-test (a firearm)”).
To determine by experiment which effects a substance causes when ingested.
1 2 “prove”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
1 2 “prove”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
1 2 3 4 “prove”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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