| Prove (prove) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Prove |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Proved (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Proving.] [OE. prover, F. prouver, fr. L.
probare to try, approve, prove, fr. probus good, proper.
Cf. Probable, |
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.
To evince, establish, or ascertain, as
truth, reality, or fact, by argument, testimony, or other
evidence.
To ascertain or establish the genuineness
or validity of; to verify; as, to prove a will.
To gain experience of the good or evil of;
to know by trial; to experience; to suffer.
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.
To take a trial
impression of; to take a proof of; as, to prove a
page.
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To
make trial; to essay.
To be found by experience, trial, or
result; to turn out to be; as, a medicine proves salutary; the
report proves false.
To succeed; to turn out as expected.
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