prove

Meaning

1. To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for.
2. To turn out; to manifest.
3. To turn out to be.
4. To put to the test, to make trial of.
5. To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify.
6. To experience.
7. 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); pressure-test (a firearm)”)
9. To determine by experiment which effects a substance causes when ingested.

demonstrate

show

show clearly

make clear

illustrate

take hold of

bear witness to

make certain

probatory

police

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exibit

make feel sure

desire to establish

demons trate

heft up

surveil

revalidate

make appear

show how

demostrate

make name

seem be

address

bear witness of

be found

declare

elucidate

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɹuːv/

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.

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