Prove

  • 21Prove It — Infobox Single | Name = Prove It Artist = Television from Album = Marquee Moon Released = 1977 Format = 7 Recorded = A R Studios, NYC Genre = Punk rock Length = 5:05 Label = Elektra Producer = Andy Johns Tom Verlaine Chart position = * #25 (UK)… …

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  • 22prove — verb (proved; proved or proven; proving) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French prover, pruver, from Latin probare to test, prove, from probus good, honest, from pro for, in favor + bus (akin to Old English bēon to be) more at pro , be Date …

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  • 23prove — v. 1) to prove conclusively 2) (B) she was able to prove her innocence to us 3) (E) she proved to be a good worker 4) (L; to) he proved (to everyone) that he could cope with the job 5) (M) history proved her to be right 6) (N; used with an… …

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  • 24prove*/*/*/ — [pruːv] (past participle proved proven [ˈpruːv(ə)n] ; [ˈprəʊv(ə)n] ) verb 1) [T] to provide evidence that shows that something is true He is still fighting to prove his innocence.[/ex] You have to prove you are sorry for what you ve done.[/ex]… …

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  • 25prove — provable, adj. provability, provableness, n. provably, adv. provenly, adv. prover, n. /proohv/, v., proved, proved or proven, proving …

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  • 26prove — [12] The ultimate source of prove was Latin probus ‘good’. This went back (like the related Sanskrit prabhu ‘eminent, mighty’) to a prehistoric Indo European compound *probhwo ‘being in front’, hence ‘excelling’ (*promeant ‘in front’, and *bhwo… …

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  • 27prove — [[t]pruv[/t]] v. proved, proved prov•en, prov•ing 1) to establish the truth, genuineness, or validity of, as by evidence or argument 2) to give demonstration of; cause to be shown as specified: Events have proved me right[/ex] 3) to subject to a… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 28prove — [c]/pruv / (say proohv) verb (proved, proved or proven /ˈpruvən/ (say proohvuhn), /ˈproʊvən/ (say prohvuhn), proving) –verb (t) 1. to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one s contention. 2. Law to… …

  • 29prove — [12] The ultimate source of prove was Latin probus ‘good’. This went back (like the related Sanskrit prabhu ‘eminent, mighty’) to a prehistoric Indo European compound *probhwo ‘being in front’, hence ‘excelling’ (*promeant ‘in front’, and *bhwo… …

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  • 30Prove — Bildstein in der Marienkirche in Bergen auf Rügen. Es stellt mutmaßlich einen Priester des Gottes Svantevit dar, nach anderer Interpretation jedoch den Grabstein des Fürsten Jaromar I. Die slawische Mythologie beschreibt die Mythologie der Slawen …

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