proven
adjEtymology
From Scottish English, as past participle of preve, a Middle English variant of prove – compare woven (from weave) and cloven (from cleave), both of which feature -eve → -oven. Preve died out in England, but survived in Scotland, where proven developed, initially in a legal context, as in “The jury ruled that the charges were not proven.” See usage notes for historical usage patterns. Earlier, from Late Latin probō (“test, try, examine, approve, show to be good or fit, prove”, verb), from Latin probus (“good, worthy, excellent”), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-bʰuH-s (“being in front, prominent”), from *pro-, *per- (“toward”) + *bʰuH- (“to be”). Morphologically prove + -n.
- derived from *pro-bʰuH-s✻
- derived from probus
- derived from probō
Definitions
Having been proved
Having been proved; having proved its value or truth.
- It's a proven fact that morphine is a more effective painkiller than acetaminophen is.
- Mass lexical comparison is not a proven method for demonstrating relationships between languages.
past participle of prove
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at proven. 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.
A definitional loop anchored at proven. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at proven
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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