prove

• 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