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[pruːv], (Verb)
Definitions:
- demonstrate the truth or existence of (something) by evidence or argument
(e.g: the concept is difficult to prove)
- demonstrate to be the specified thing by evidence or argument
(e.g: if they are proved guilty we won't trade with them)
- (of bread dough) become aerated by the action of yeast; rise
- subject (a gun) to a testing process
(e.g: firearms proved for black powder should not be used with smokeless ammunition)
Phrases:
- not proven
- prove someone wrong
Origin
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Middle English: from Old French prover, from Latin probare ‘test, approve, demonstrate’, from probus ‘good’
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