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Prove

verb

(past proved; past part. proven; pres. part. proving)

Be shown or be found to be. Synonyms: turn out, turn up. "The medicine turned out to save her life" , "She turned up HIV positive"

Establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment. Synonyms: demonstrate, establish, shew, show. "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"

Provide evidence for. Synonyms: bear witness, evidence, show, testify. "Her behavior testified to her incompetence"

Prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof.

Put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to. Synonyms: essay, examine, test, try, try out. "Test this recipe"

Increase in volume. Synonym: rise.

Cause to puff up with a leaven. Synonyms: leaven, raise.

Take a trial impression of.

Obtain probate of.

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"Prove" Quotes from Famous Books

... he stretched forth his hands towards Fanny—"Oh, Miss Trevanion, do not refuse me one prayer, however you condemn me. Let me see you alone but for one moment; let me but prove to you that, guilty as I may have been, it was not from the base motives you will hear imputed to me,—that it was not the heiress I sought to decoy, it was the woman I sought to win; oh, ...

— The Caxtons, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

... is this Parliament! Fascinating to me, who have spent so much time in studying every detail of our own Parliament, which I have not the slightest doubt would prove just as strange and funny to the American visitor, if like me he sees the ridiculous side of everything, even of such an august assemblage as that of ...

— The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol 2 (of 2) • Harry Furniss

... very point," Smoke went on triumphantly. "If it makes you wonder, it will make others wonder. And when they wonder they'll come a-running. By your own wondering you prove it's sound psychology. Now, Shorty, listen to me; I'm going to hand Dawson a package that will knock the spots out of the ...

— Smoke Bellew • Jack London

... wondered what were the questions Stane had wished to ask her uncle's secretary; and which, as she was convinced, he had been at such pains to avoid. Was it possible that her rescuer believed that his one-time friend had it in his power to prove his innocence of the crime for which he had suffered? All the indications seemed to point that way; and as she looked at the grave, thoughtful face, and the greying hair of the man who had saved her from death, she resolved that on the ...

— A Mating in the Wilds • Ottwell Binns

... or wife may dispose of separate property without the consent of the other. Until 1894 it rested upon the wife to prove that property was her separate possession, but now the proof rests upon the contestants. Until 1897 she was compelled to prove that it was not paid for with community earnings. Neither of these recent laws applies to property acquired ...

— The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV • Various

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