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src: wikipedia
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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
- prove :obtain probate of
- prove :prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof