"proving" in the verb sense

1. prove, turn out, turn up

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"

2. prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew

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"

3. testify, bear witness, prove, evidence, show

provide evidence for

"The blood test showed that he was the father"

"Her behavior testified to her incompetence"

4. prove

prove formally demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof

5. test, prove, try, try out, examine, essay

put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to

"This approach has been tried with good results"

"Test this recipe"

6. rise, prove

increase in volume

"the dough rose slowly in the warm room"

7. raise, leaven, prove

cause to puff up with a leaven

"unleavened bread"

8. prove

take a trial impression of

9. prove

obtain probate of

"prove a will"

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