prove

v. i. 1. To make trial; to essay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be found by experience, trial, or result; to turn out to be; as, a medicine proves salutary; the report proves false. “The case proves mortal.” Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

So life a winter's morn may prove. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To succeed; to turn out as expected. [ Obs. ] “The experiment proved not.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. provectus, p. p. of provehere to carry forward. ] Carried forward; advanced. [ Obs. ] “Provect in years.” Sir T. Flyot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. provectio an advancement. ] (Philol.) A carrying forward, as of a final letter, to a following word; as, for example, a nickname for an ekename. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. proveditore, provveditore, fr. provedere, L. providere. See Provide, and cf. Purveyor, Provedore. ] One employed to procure supplies, as for an army, a steamer, etc.; a purveyor; one who provides for another. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Sp. proveedor. See Proveditor. ] A proveditor; a purveyor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Busied with the duties of a provedore. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. or a. Proved. “Accusations firmly proven in his mind.” Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of this which was the principal charge, and was generally believed to beproven, he was acquitted. Jowett (Thucyd. ). [ 1913 Webster ]

Not proven (Scots Law), a verdict of a jury that the guilt of the accused is not made out, though not disproved. Mozley & W. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. provenir to originate, to come forth, L. provenire. Cf. Provenience. ] Origin; source; provenience.

Their age attested by their provenance and associations. A. H. Keane. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖ n. [ F. ] 1. A native or inhabitant of Provence in France. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The Provencal language. See Langue d'oc. [ 1913 Webster ]