
Open English Wordnet
Verbs
(v)prove, turn out, turn upbe shown or be found to be“She proved to be right”,
“The medicine turned out to save her life”,
“She turned up HIV positive” (v)prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shewestablish 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” (v)proveprove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof (v)test, prove, try, try out, examine, essayput to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to“This approach has been tried with good results”,
“Test this recipe” (v)rise, proveincrease in volume“the dough rose slowly in the warm room” (v)provetake a trial impression of (v)proveobtain probate of“prove a will”