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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Prove \Prove\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Proved}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Proving}.] [OE. prover, F. prouver, fr. L. probare to try,
   approve, prove, fr. probus good, proper. Cf. {Probable},
   {Proof}, {Probe}.]
   1. 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.

            Thou hast proved mine heart.          --Ps. xvii. 3.

   2. To evince, establish, or ascertain, as truth, reality, or
      fact, by argument, testimony, or other evidence.

            They have inferred much from slender premises, and
            conjectured when they could not prove. --J. H.
                                                  Newman.

   3. To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of;
      to verify; as, to prove a will.

   4. To gain experience of the good or evil of; to know by
      trial; to experience; to suffer.

            Where she, captived long, great woes did prove.
                                                  --Spenser.

   5. (Arith.) 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.

   6. (Printing) To take a trial impression of; to take a proof
      of; as, to prove a page.

   Syn: To try; verify; justify; confirm; establish; evince;
        manifest; show; demonstrate.

資料來源 : WordNet®

proved
     adj : established beyond doubt; "a proven liar"; "a Soviet leader
           of proven shrewdness" [syn: {proven}] [ant: {unproved}]