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prove    音标拼音: [pr'uv]
vt. 证明,查验,检验,勘探,显示
vi. 证明是

证明,查验,检验,勘探,显示证明是

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

Prove \Prove\, v. i.
1. To make trial; to essay.
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2. To be found by experience, trial, or result; to turn out
to be; as, a medicine proves salutary; the report proves
false. "The case proves mortal." --Arbuthnot.
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So life a winter's morn may prove. --Keble.
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3. To succeed; to turn out as expected. [Obs.] "The
experiment proved not." --Bacon.
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Prove \Prove\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Proved}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Proving}.] [OE. prover, F. prouver, fr. L. probare to try,
approve, prove, fr. probus good, proper. Cf. {Probable},
{Proof}, {Probe}.]
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.
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Thou hast proved mine heart. --Ps. xvii. 3.
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2. To evince, establish, or ascertain, as truth, reality, or
fact, by argument, testimony, or other evidence.
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They have inferred much from slender premises, and
conjectured when they could not prove. --J. H.
Newman.
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3. To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of;
to verify; as, to prove a will.
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4. To gain experience of the good or evil of; to know by
trial; to experience; to suffer.
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Where she, captived long, great woes did prove.
--Spenser.
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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.
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6. (Printing) To take a trial impression of; to take a proof
of; as, to prove a page.
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Syn: To try; verify; justify; confirm; establish; evince;
manifest; show; demonstrate.
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134 Moby Thesaurus words for "prove":
affirm, afford proof of, argue, ascertain, assay, attend, attest,
audit, authenticate, back, back up, balance, balance the books,
be found, bear out, become of, bespeak, betoken, bolster,
bring home to, bring out, bring to test, buttress, certify, check,
check and doublecheck, check out, check over, cinch,
circumstantiate, clinch, collate, come about, come of, come out,
confirm, corroborate, cross-check, cut and try, demonstrate,
determine, develop, document, double-check, end, engrave, ensue,
essay, establish, eventuate, evince, examine, experiment, fall out,
fare, fix, follow, follow from, fortify, get out, give a try,
give a tryout, have a case, have a go, hectograph, hold good,
hold water, impress, imprint, indicate, inventory, issue,
make good, make out, mimeograph, multigraph, nail down, overhaul,
overprint, pan out, play around with, practice upon, print,
probate, proof, prove to be, prove true, publish, pull,
pull a proof, put out, put to bed, put to press, put to trial,
ratify, recheck, reinforce, reissue, remove all doubt, reprint,
research, result, road-test, run, run a sample, run off, sample,
set at rest, settle, settle the matter, shake down, show, stamp,
strengthen, strike, substantiate, support, sustain, take stock,
taste, terminate, test, triple-check, try, try it on, try out,
turn out, undergird, unfold, uphold, validate, verify, warrant,
work out

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  • PROVE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of PROVE is to establish the existence, truth, or validity of (as by evidence or logic) How to use prove in a sentence proved or proven?: Usage Guide
  • PROVE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    PROVE definition: 1 to show a particular result after a period of time: 2 to show that you are good at something… Learn more
  • Prove - definition of prove by The Free Dictionary
    prove – test 1 'prove' If you prove that something is true or correct, you provide evidence showing that it is definitely true or correct He was able to prove that he was an American Tests proved that the bullet was not fired from a police weapon
  • PROVE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
    Prove definition: to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument See examples of PROVE used in a sentence
  • prove - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
    prove (third-person singular simple present proves, present participle proving, simple past proved, past participle proved or proven) (transitive) To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for; to bear out; to testify quotations
  • prove - WordReference. com Dictionary of English
    to establish the truth, genuineness, or validity of, as by evidence or argument: [~ + object] He was able to prove his innocence by producing a witness [~ + (that) clause] She proved to me that she was not the one spreading gossip
  • Mathematical proof - Wikipedia
    P Oxy 29, one of the oldest surviving fragments of Euclid 's Elements, a textbook used for millennia to teach proof-writing techniques The diagram accompanies Book II, Proposition 5 [1] A mathematical proof is a deductive argument for a mathematical statement, showing that the stated assumptions logically guarantee the conclusion The argument may use other previously established
  • prove verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
    Definition of prove verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
  • PROVE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
    If something proves to be true or to have a particular quality, it becomes clear after a period of time that it is true or has that quality None of the rumours has ever been proved to be true [VERB to-infinitive] In the past this process of transition has often proven difficult [VERB adjective]
  • Prove - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com
    When you prove something, you show that it's true If you say you love eating raw eggs, you may have to prove it by chugging a few When someone asks you to prove something, you need evidence, also known as proof Prove comes from the Latin root probare, "to test or prove worthy "





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