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prove
A	verb
	1	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"
		Category Tree: confirm; corroborate; sustain; substantiate; support; affirm ╚prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew ╚stultify ╚negate; contradict ╚prove ╚prove oneself
	2	prove
			prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof
		Category Tree: confirm; corroborate; sustain; substantiate; support; affirm ╚prove; demonstrate; establish; show; shew ╚prove
	3	prove
			obtain probate of; "prove a will"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚communicate; intercommunicate ╚inform ╚testify; bear witness; prove; evidence; show ╚attest; certify; manifest; demonstrate; evidence ╚authenticate ╚prove
	4	testify, bear witness, prove, evidence, show
			provide evidence for; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚communicate; intercommunicate ╚inform ╚testify, bear witness, prove, evidence, show ╚adduce; abduce; cite ╚presume ╚attest; certify; manifest; demonstrate; evidence
	5	prove
			take a trial impression of
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚mark ╚trace; draw; line; describe; delineate ╚write ╚print; impress ╚prove
	6	raise, leaven, prove
			cause to puff up with a leaven; "unleavened bread"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚raise; lift; elevate; get up; bring up ╚raise, leaven, prove
	7	rise, prove
			increase in volume; "the dough rose slowly in the warm room"
		Category Tree: change ╚change magnitude ╚increase ╚grow ╚rise, prove
	8	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"
		Category Tree: think; cogitate; cerebrate ╚judge ╚test, prove, try, try out, examine, essay ╚field-test ╚float ╚control; verify
	9	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"
		Category Tree: be ╚prove, turn out, turn up ╚result; ensue

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