Word Meaning

Find the meaning or definition of a english word


proved definition and meaning

v. t. To try or to ascertain by an experiment, or by a test or standard; to test; as, to prove the strength of gunpowder or of ordnance; to prove the contents of a vessel by a standard measure.
v. t. To evince, establish, or ascertain, as truth, reality, or fact, by argument, testimony, or other evidence.
v. t. To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify; as, to prove a will.
v. t. To gain experience of the good or evil of; to know by trial; to experience; to suffer.
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.
v. t. To take a trial impression of; to take a proof of; as, to prove a page.
v. i. To make trial; to essay.
v. i. To be found by experience, trial, or result; to turn out to be; as, a medicine proves salutary; the report proves false.
v. i. To succeed; to turn out as expected.
imp. & p. p. of Prove

Crossword clues for proved

- Demonstrate
- Demonstrate to be true
- Investigate
- Provencal clan out to increase in volume
- Show as factual
- Show the truth of
- Show to be right
- Test
- Verify
- Demonstrated


Copyright ©2017-2024 Crossword Solver

Follow us facebook croswodsolver