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Grammar : Adj
Spell : proov
Phonetic Transcription : pruv



Définition of proved

Origin :
  • late 12c., pruven, proven "to try, test; evaluate; demonstrate," from Old French prover, pruver "show; convince; put to the test" (11c., Modern French prouver), from Latin probare "to make good; esteem, represent as good; make credible, show, demonstrate; test, inspect; judge by trial" (source also of Spanish probar, Italian probare), from probus "worthy, good, upright, virtuous," from PIE *pro-bhwo- "being in front," from *pro-, extended form of root *per- (1) "forward, through" (see per), + root *bhu- "to be" (cf. Latin fui "I have been," futurus "about to be;" Old English beon "to be;" see be). Related: Proved; proven; proving.
  • adj confirmed
Example sentences :
  • Who could have proved a better protector than Phidias has been?
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • She did so, and it proved an effectual screen from head to foot.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • That he had reason for his distrust was proved by Ben Haley's movements.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Now you know how that Monte Cristo carried on after he'd proved up.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • It proved to be a sign some twenty feet high and a whole block long.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • They tried it out at home and when it proved a success, they carried it abroad.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • On which of his two sets of principles he would manage a wife remained to be proved.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • To how many thousands of our countrymen has it proved a benefit?
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • If he be proved culpable in this most melancholy business, and, alas!
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • They proved to be Cheyennes--two men, and a boy of thirteen.
  • Extract from : « The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California » by Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont

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