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    • prove :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

    • prove :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

    • prove :provide evidence for
      • The blood test showed that he was the father|Her behavior testified to her incompetence

    • prove :put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
      • This approach has been tried with good results|Test this recipe

    • prove :increase in volume
      • the dough rose slowly in the warm room

    • prove :cause to puff up with a leaven
      • unleavened bread

    • prove :obtain probate of
      • prove a will

    • prove :prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof

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