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prove

verb
/pɹuːv//pɹəʊv/UK

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 native Middle English sothen (“to prove”), from Old English sōþian (“to prove”). Doublet of probe. More at for, be, soothe.

  1. derived from *pro-bʰuH-s✻
  2. derived from probō
  3. derived from prover
  4. inherited from prōfian
  5. inherited from proven

Definitions

  1. To demonstrate that something is true or viable

    To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for; to bear out; to testify.

  2. To turn out

    To turn out; to manifest.

    • It proved to be a cold day.

  3. To 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.
  4. ›+ 8 more definitions

    1. To 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.

    2. To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of

      To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify.

      • to prove a will

    3. To experience.

      • Where she, captived long, great woes did prove.

    4. To take a trial impression of

      To take a trial impression of; to take a proof of.

      • to prove a page

    5. Alternative form of proof (“allow (dough) to rise

      Alternative form of proof (“allow (dough) to rise; test the activeness of (yeast); pressure-test (a firearm)”).

    6. To determine by experiment which effects a substance causes when ingested.

    7. 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 […]

    8. simple past of proove

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Derived

counterprove, disprovability, disprovable, disprovably, disprove, disproved, disproven, exception that proves the rule, fend and prove, misprove, overprove, provability, provable, provably, prove oneself, prove out, prover, proving ground, reprove, unprovability, unprovable, unprovably, unprove, unproved, unproven, unproving, until proven otherwise

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at prove. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at prove. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at prove

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA