prove

verbs

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"
prove, turn out, turn up
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"
demonstrate, establish, prove, shew, show
antonym
disprove
provide evidence for
"The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence"
bear witness, evidence, prove, show, testify
prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof
prove
domain category
a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
math, mathematics, maths
is a type of (narrower)
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"
demonstrate, establish, prove, shew, show
put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
"This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"
essay, examine, prove, test, try, try out
increase in volume
"the dough rose slowly in the warm room"
prove, rise
cause to puff up with a leaven
"unleavened bread"
leaven, prove, raise
take a trial impression of
prove
is a type of (narrower)
reproduce by printing
impress, print
obtain probate of
"prove a will"
prove
domain category
the collection of rules imposed by authority
"civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
jurisprudence, law
is a type of (narrower)
establish the authenticity of something
authenticate