prove

Значение (Английский)

Verb

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.

Noun

The process of dough proofing.

Произносится как (IPA)

/pɹuːv/

Этимология (Английский)

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.