/pɹuːv/
OriginFrom 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 native Middle English sothen (“to prove”), from Old English sōþian (“to prove”). Doublet of probe. More at for, be, soothe.
- transitiveTo demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for; to bear out; to testify.
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“Mr. H …, whom no distinctions of that sort seemed to disturb, scarce gave himself or me breathing time from the last encounter, but, as if he had task'd himself to prove that the appearances of his vi” — Fanny Hill
“Valentine’s Day means different things for different people. For Homer, it means forking over a hundred dollars for a dusty box of chocolates at the Kwik-E-Mart after characteristically forgetting the”
- intransitiveTo turn out; to manifest.
“It proved to be a cold day.”
- copulativeTo turn out to be.
“Have an exit strategy should your calculations prove incorrect.”
“But ſhall I prooue a traitor to my King?”
“This battle did not take place in the streets. It took place entirely in words, and it was to prove the turning point in the war.”
- transitiveTo put to the test, to make trial of.
“They took the experimental car to the proving-grounds.”
“The exception proves the rule.”
“Then may I dare to boast how I do love thee,
Till then not show my head where thou may'st prove me.”
- transitiveTo ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify.
- archaic, transitiveTo experience.
“Where she, captived long, great woes did prove.”
- dated, transitiveTo take a trial impression of; to take a proof of.
- To determine by experiment which effects a substance causes when ingested.
- form-of, pastsimple past of proove
- The process of dough proofing.
“You may also need to think about what the prove is doing to the loaf of bread — it is warming the dough and making it moist, allowing it to rise […]”
Formsproves(present, singular, third-person) · proving(participle, present) · proved(past) · proved(participle, past) · proven(participle, past) · prove(infinitive) · prove(first-person, present, singular) · proved(first-person, past, singular) · prove(present, second-person, singular) · provest(archaic, present, second-person, singular) · proved(past, second-person, singular) · provedst(archaic, past, second-person, singular) · proveth(archaic, present, singular, third-person) · proved(past, singular, third-person) · prove(plural, present) · proved(past, plural) · prove(present, subjunctive) · proved(past, subjunctive) · prove(imperative, present) · -(imperative, past)
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