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Definition of prove

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Prove (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..

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Alibi :: Alibi (n.) The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove that he was in another place when the alleged act was committed; as, to set up an alibi; to prove an alibi..

Improve :: Improve (v. t.) To use or employ to good purpose; to make productive; to turn to profitable account; to utilize; as, to improve one's time; to improve his means..

Tambourin :: Tambourin (n.) An old Provencal dance of a lively character, common on the stage..

Evincive :: Evincive (a.) Tending to prove; having the power to demonstrate; demonstrative; indicative.

Misimprove :: Misimprove (v. t.) To use for a bad purpose; to abuse; to misuse; as, to misimprove time, talents, advantages, etc..

Proventricle :: Proventricle (n.) Proventriculus.

Unproficiency :: Unproficiency (n.) Want of proficiency or improvement.

Approvement :: Approvement (n.) Approbation.

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

Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (v. t.) To render illegitimate; to declare or prove to be born out of wedlock; to bastardize; to illegitimatize.

Emendation :: Emendation (n.) The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement..

Lecture :: Lecture (v. t.) To reprove formally and with authority.

Supposition :: Supposition (n.) The act of supposing, laying down, imagining, or considering as true or existing, what is known not to be true, or what is not proved..

Appear :: Appear (v. i.) To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest..

Demonstrate :: Demonstrate (v. t.) To show, or make evident, by reasoning or proof; to prove by deduction; to establish so as to exclude the possibility of doubt or denial..

Lady :: Lady (n.) A wife; -- not now in approved usage.

Applaud :: Applaud (v. t.) To praise by words; to express approbation of; to commend; to approve.

Appeal :: Appeal (v. t.) An accusation of a felon at common law by one of his accomplices, which accomplice was then called an approver. See Approvement..

Discipline :: Discipline (v. t.) To improve by corrective and penal methods; to chastise; to correct.

Grant :: Grant (v. t.) To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede.