Definition:
- (v. t.) To try or to ascertain by an experiment, or by a test or standard; to test; as, to prove the strength of gunpowder or of ordnance; to prove the contents of a vessel by a standard measure.
- (v. t.) To evince, establish, or ascertain, as truth, reality, or fact, by argument, testimony, or other evidence.
- (v. t.) To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify; as, to prove a will.
- (v. t.) To gain experience of the good or evil of; to know by trial; to experience; to suffer.
- (v. t.) To test, evince, ascertain, or verify, as the correctness of any operation or result; thus, in subtraction, if the difference between two numbers, added to the lesser number, makes a sum equal to the greater, the correctness of the subtraction is proved.
- (v. t.) To take a trial impression of; to take a proof of; as, to prove a page.
- (v. i.) To make trial; to essay.
- (v. i.) To be found by experience, trial, or result; to turn out to be; as, a medicine proves salutary; the report proves false.
- (v. i.) To succeed; to turn out as expected.
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ascertain vs. prove
presume vs. prove
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evident vs. prove
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prove vs. support
affirm vs. prove
probable vs. prove
evincing vs. prove
prove vs. try
prove vs. turnout
certify vs. prove
content vs. prove
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appear vs. prove
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pattern vs. prove
principle vs. prove
prove vs. shape
prove vs. research
inquest vs. prove
explain vs. prove
belie vs. prove
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prove vs. vindicate
improve vs. prove
prove vs. validate
persuade vs. prove
prove vs. unreason
indemonstrable vs. prove
demonstrative vs. prove
attested vs. prove
probate vs. prove
probation vs. prove
justify vs. prove
example vs. prove
exemplary vs. prove
exemplified vs. prove
fand vs. prove
prove vs. theorem
convince vs. prove
forcing vs. prove
prove vs. sustain
prove vs. static
prove vs. verify
prove vs. soothe
prove vs. rate
prove vs. solipsism
disavow vs. prove
betray vs. prove
aver vs. prove
confirm vs. prove
prove vs. refute
depict vs. prove
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prove vs. proven
probity vs. prove
probe vs. prove
approve vs. prove
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provably vs. prove
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