prove

1. v. t. 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. Source: opted

2. v. t. To evince, establish, or ascertain, as truth, reality, or fact, by argument, testimony, or other evidence. Source: opted

3. v. t. To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify; as, to prove a will. Source: opted

4. v. t. To gain experience of the good or evil of; to know by trial; to experience; to suffer. Source: opted

5. v. t. 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. Source: opted

6. v. t. To take a trial impression of; to take a proof of; as, to prove a page. Source: opted

7. v. i. To make trial; to essay. Source: opted

8. v. i. To be found by experience, trial, or result; to turn out to be; as, a medicine proves salutary; the report proves false. Source: opted

9. v. i. To succeed; to turn out as expected. Source: opted

10. v. be shown or be found to be Source: wordnet

11. v. establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment Source: wordnet

12. v. provide evidence for Source: wordnet

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