| Prove |
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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| Prove |
To evince, establish, or ascertain, as truth, reality, or fact, by argument, testimony, or other evidence. |
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| Prove |
To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify; as, to prove a will. |
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| Prove |
To gain experience of the good or evil of; to know by trial; to experience; to suffer. |
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| Prove |
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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