prove

noun

(baking) The process of dough proofing.

verb

(transitive) To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for; to bear out; to testify.

(transitive) To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify.

(intransitive) To turn out; to manifest.

(copulative) To turn out to be.

(transitive) To put to the test, to make trial of.

(homeopathy) To determine by experiment which effects a substance causes when ingested.

Alternative form of proof (“allow (dough) to rise; test the activeness of (yeast); pressure-test (a firearm)”). [(transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To proofread.]

(printing, dated, transitive) To take a trial impression of; to take a proof of.

(archaic, transitive) To experience.

Roots

proboprov- · Latin · prove, test

Synonyms for prove

demonstratev proofn substantiatev shown attestv establishv circumstantiatev corroboratev testn confirmv

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