prove

Meanings

Verb

• To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for.
• To turn out; to manifest.
• To turn out to be.
• To put to the test, to make trial of.
• To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify.
• To experience.
• To take a trial impression of; to take a proof of.
• Alternative of proof
• To determine by experiment which effects a substance causes when ingested.
• Past of proove

Noun

• The process of dough proofing.

Origin

• From Middle English proven, from Old English prōfian ("to esteem, regard as, evince, try, prove") and Old French prover ("to prove"), both from Latin probō ("test, try, examine, approve, show to be good or fit, prove"), from probus, from Proto-Indo-European *pro-bʰuH-s ("being in front, prominent"), from *pro-, *per- + *bʰuH-. Displaced native Middle English sothen ("to prove"), from Old English sōþian ("to prove"). More at for, be, soothe.
• Simple past form of proove, conjugated as a Germanic strong verb, on the pattern of choose → chose.