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Vinony

prove

verb

  1. to demonstrate proof
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /pɹuːv/ / /pɹəʊv/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English proven, from Old English prōfian (“to esteem, regard as, evince, try, prove”) and Old French prover (“to prove”), both from Latin probō (“test, try, examine, approve, show to be good or fit, prove”, verb), from probus (“good, worthy, excellent”), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-bʰuH-s (“being in front, prominent”), from *pro-, *per- (“toward”) + *bʰuH- (“to be”). Displaced native Middle English sothen (“to prove”), from Old English sōþian (“to prove”). Doublet of probe. More at for, be, soothe.

  1. 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 […]”

verb

Etymology: Simple past form of proove, conjugated as a Germanic strong verb, on the pattern of choose → chose.

  1. simple past of proove