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