01 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…
imp. & p. p.
Proved; p. pr. & vb. n.
Proving
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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.“Thou hast proved mine heart.” — Ps. xvii. 3.
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To evince, establish, or ascertain, as truth, reality, or fact, by argument, testimony, or other evidence.“They have inferred much from slender premises, and conjectured when they could not prove.” — J. H. Newman.
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To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify; as, to prove a will.
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To gain experience of the good or evil of; to know by trial; to experience; to suffer.“Where she, captived long, great woes did prove.” — Spenser.
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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.(Arith.)
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To take a trial impression of; to take a proof of; as, to prove a page.(Printing)