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. [imp. & p. p. Proved ; p. pr. & vb. n. Proving.] Thou hast proved mine heart. - Ps. xvii. 3.
	2.	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.
	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. Where she, captived long, great woes did prove. - Spenser.
	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. So life a winter's morn may prove. - Keble.
	3.	To succeed; to turn out as expected.

Verb	1.	prove - 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" Synonyms: turn out, turn up
	2.	prove - 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" Synonyms: shew, show, demonstrate, establish Antonyms: confute, disprove - prove to be false; "The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories"
	3.	prove - provide evidence for; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence" Synonyms: bear witness, evidence, testify, show
	4.	prove - prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof
	5.	prove - put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe" Synonyms: test, try out, try, essay, examine
	6.	prove - increase in volume; "the dough rose slowly in the warm room" Synonyms: rise
	7.	prove - cause to puff up with a leaven; "unleavened bread" Synonyms: leaven, raise
	8.	prove - take a trial impression of
	9.	prove - obtain probate of; "prove a will"

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