Crossword-Solution: PROVE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Prove | v. t. | 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. |
| Prove | v. t. | To evince, establish, or ascertain, as truth, reality, or fact, by argument, testimony, or other evidence. |
| Prove | v. t. | To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify; as, to prove a will. |
| Prove | v. t. | To gain experience of the good or evil of; to know by trial; to experience; to suffer. |
| Prove | v. t. | 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. |
| Prove | v. t. | To take a trial impression of; to take a proof of; as, to prove a page. |
| Prove | v. i. | To make trial; to essay. |
| Prove | v. i. | To be found by experience, trial, or result; to turn out to be; as, a medicine proves salutary; the report proves false. |
| Prove | v. i. | To succeed; to turn out as expected. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| PROVE | anagram | PEROV |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with PROVE (5)
Unaware of the tragedy being enacted above, Peter had continued, for a little time after the children left, to play gaily on his pipes: no doubt rather a forlorn attempt to prove to himself that he did not care.
While thus he spake, th’ Angelic Squadron bright Turnd fierie red, sharpning in mooned hornes Thir Phalanx, and began to hemm him round With ported Spears, as thick as when a field Of _Ceres_ ripe for harvest waving bends Her bearded Grove of ears, which way the wind Swayes them; the careful Plowman doubting stands Least on the threshing floore his hopeful sheaves Prove chaff.
The Mole and His Mother A MOLE, a creature blind from birth, once said to his Mother: “I am sure than I can see, Mother!” In the desire to prove to him his mistake, his Mother placed before him a few grains of frankincense, and asked, “What is it?” The young Mole said, “It is a pebble.” His Mother exclaimed: “My son, I am afraid that you are not only blind, but that you have lost your sense of smell.” The Herdsman and the Lost Bull A HERDSMAN tending his flock in a forest lost a Bull-calf from the fold.
They suppress the truth rather than take the consequences of telling it, and in so doing prove themselves a part of the human family.
They agreed that he was crazier than ever, and would never be able to prove up on his land because he worked it so little.
Quotes with PROVE (3)
He’s a love-’em-and-leave-’em kind of guy. And though he’s not a Lord, he does have a curse hanging over his head. I have the book to prove it.” William growled low in his throat. “Anya! Must you share my secrets with everyone?” He flattened his palms on the arms of his chair. “Fine. If you can spill, I can, too. Anya’s the reason the Titanic sank. She was playing chicken with the icebergs.” Scowling, Anya anchored her hands on her hips. “William had a bronze made of his penis and placed it on his mantel.
To require God to prove that He is able and willing to fulfill His promises would be proof positive that one does not trust Him.
Nay, in many cases open denials of prayer prove the most excellent answers, and God's not hearing us is the most signal audience. Therefore at the foot of every prayer subscribe "thy will be done," and thou shalt enjoy preventing mercies that thou never soughtest, and converting mercies to change all for the best, resting confident in this, that having asked according to his will he heareth thee.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Rock & Roll, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 160 times in crossword archives (1960–2025).