Prove
Definition of Prove
| v. t. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | To evince, establish, or ascertain, as truth, reality, or fact, by argument, testimony, or other evidence. | | 3. | To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify; as, to prove a will. | | 4. | To gain experience of the good or evil of; to know by trial; to experience; to suffer. | | 5. | (Arith.) 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. | | 6. | (Printing) To take a trial impression of; to take a proof of; as, to prove a page. | | v. i. | 1. | To make trial; to essay. | | 2. | To be found by experience, trial, or result; to turn out to be; as, a medicine proves salutary; the report proves false. | | 3. | To succeed; to turn out as expected. |
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