prove  /pruv/

verb

1. be shown or be found to be; "She proved to be right"; "The medicine turned out to save her life"; "She turned up HIV positive"

synset: prove, turn_out, turn_up

2. establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"

synset: prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew

antonym: disprove, confute

3. provide evidence for; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence"

synset: testify, bear_witness, prove, evidence, show

4. prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof

synset: prove

5. put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"

synset: test, prove, try, try_out, examine, essay

6. increase in volume; "the dough rose slowly in the warm room"

synset: rise, prove

7. cause to puff up with a leaven; "unleavened bread"

synset: raise, leaven, prove

8. take a trial impression of

synset: prove

9. obtain probate of; "prove a will"

synset: prove

Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

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