prove

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for; to bear out; to testify.
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. (dated, transitive) To take a trial impression of; to take a proof of.
8. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of proof (“allow (dough) to rise; test the activeness of (yeast); pressure-test (a firearm)”).
9. To determine by experiment which effects a substance causes when ingested.

Noun

The process of dough proofing.

Synonyms

demonstrate

show

test

try

verify

establish

testify

substantiate

justify

confirm

evidence

turn out

examine

certify

attest

proof

assay

try out

essay

experiment

shew

leaven

witness

show clearly

vouch

rise

rehearse

bear witness

sample

manifest

point out

practise

attempt

indicate

base

evince

certificate

raise

exhibit

vindicate

taste

argue

reveal

control

affirm

refute

investigate

ground

illustrate

assert

Translations

probar

prouver

beweisen

provare

demostrar

provar

dimostrare

bewijzen

démontrer

aantonen

nachweisen

prüfen

provar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɹuːv/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: proven

Inherited from Old English: prōfian

Cognate with Middle English: sothen

Cognate with Old English: sōþian

In summary

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.