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Definition prove

Etymology 1

From Middle English proven, from Old English pr?fian (“to esteem, regard as, evince, try, prove”) and Old French prover (“to prove”), both from Latin prob? (“test, try, examine, approve, show to be good or fit, prove”, verb), from probus (“good, worthy, excellent”), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-b?wo- (“being in front, prominent”), from *pro-, *per- (“toward”) + *b?uH- (“to be”). Displaced native Middle English sothen (“to prove”), from Old English s?þian (“to prove”). More at for, be, soothe.

Verb

prove (third-person singular simple present proves, present participle proving, simple past proved, past participle proved or proven)

1. (transitive) To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for.
2. (intransitive) To turn out; to manifest.
3. (copulative) To turn out to be.
4. (transitive) To put to the test, to make trial of.
5. (transitive) To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify.
6. (archaic, transitive) To experience.
7. (printing, dated, transitive) To take a trial impression of; to take a proof of.
8. Alternative form of proof (“allow (dough) to rise; test the activeness of (yeast)”)

Noun

prove (plural proves)

1. (baking) The process of dough proofing.

Etymology 2

Simple past form of proove, conjugated in the Germanic strong declension, on the pattern of choose ? chose.

Verb

prove

1. simple past tense of proove

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