prove

To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for; to bear out; to testify.transitive

• I will prove that my method is more effective than yours.

To turn out; to manifest.intransitive

• It proved to be a cold day.
• A faulty connection proved to be the culprit.

To turn out to be.copulative

• Have an exit strategy should your calculations prove incorrect.
• The hope that he’d react proved utterly unfounded.

To put to the test, to make trial of.transitive

• They took the experimental car to the proving-grounds.
• The exception proves the rule.

To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify.transitive

• to prove a will

To experience.archaictransitive

• Where she, captived long, great woes did prove.

To take a trial impression of; to take a proof of.datedtransitive

• to prove a page

Alternative form of proof (“allow (dough) to rise; test the activeness of (yeast); pressure-test (a firearm)”).alt-ofalternative

To determine by experiment which effects a substance causes when ingested.

The process of dough proofing.

• You may also need to think about what the prove is doing to the loaf of bread — it is warming the dough and making it moist, allowing it to rise […]

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