1. (v.t.)prove to establish the truth, genuineness, or validity of, as by evidence or argument.
2. prove to give demonstration of; cause to be shown as specified: Events have proved me right.
3. prove to subject to a test, experiment, or analysis to determine quality, characteristics, etc.: to prove ore.
4. prove to show (oneself) to have the character or ability expected, esp. through one's actions.
5. prove to verify the correctness or validity of by mathematical demonstration or arithmetical proof.
6. prove Law. to probate (a will).
7. prove to cause (dough) to rise to the necessary lightness.
8. prove Archaic. to experience.
9. (v.i.)prove to turn out: The experiment proved to be successful.
10. prove to be found by trial or experience to be: His story proved false.
11. prove (of dough) to rise to a specified lightness.
Etymology: (1125–75; ME < OF prover < L probāre to approve, examine, prove, der. of probus good, upright. See probity)
Definition of 'prove'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (verb)prove, turn out, turn up 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"
2. (verb)prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew 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"
3. (verb)testify, bear witness, prove, evidence, show provide evidence for "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence"
4. (verb)prove prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof
5. (verb)test, prove, try, try out, examine, essay put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"
6. (verb)rise, prove increase in volume "the dough rose slowly in the warm room"
7. (verb)raise, leaven, prove cause to puff up with a leaven "unleavened bread"
1. (verb)prove to show sth is true or real using facts, examples, data, etc. The documents prove that he was lying.
2. prove prove sb right/wrong to show that what sb said previously is right or wrong He predicted the troubles, and today's news proved him right.
3. prove prove a point to show sb is right He used statistics to prove his point.
4. prove to have a particular quality The argument between the two stars has proved entertaining.
5. prove prove yourself to do sth difficult that shows how much ability you have She went traveling alone, partly to prove herself.
Definition of 'prove'
Webster Dictionary
1. (verb)prove 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
2. (verb)prove to evince, establish, or ascertain, as truth, reality, or fact, by argument, testimony, or other evidence
3. (verb)prove to ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify; as, to prove a will
4. (verb)prove to gain experience of the good or evil of; to know by trial; to experience; to suffer
5. (verb)prove 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. (verb)prove to take a trial impression of; to take a proof of; as, to prove a page
7. (verb)prove to make trial; to essay
8. (verb)prove to be found by experience, trial, or result; to turn out to be; as, a medicine proves salutary; the report proves false
9. (verb)prove to succeed; to turn out as expected
Definitions of prove 
Afrikaans: bewys
Arabic: يُبَرْهِن
Bulgarian: доказвам
Brazilian: provar
Czech: dokázat
German: beweisen
Danish: bevise
Greek: αποδεικνύω
Spanish: probar
Estonian: tõestama
Farsi: ثابت کردن
Finnish: todistaa
French: prouver
Hebrew: לְהוֹכִיח
Hindi: सिद्ध करना
Hungarian: (be)bizonyít
Indonesian: membuktikan
Icelandic: sanna
Italian: provare, dimostrare
Japanese: 証明する
Korean: 입증하다
Lithuanian: įrodyti
Latvian: pierādīt
Malay: membuktikan
Dutch: bewijzen
Norwegian: bevise, bekrefte
Polish: dowodzić
Persian: ثابت کردن
Pashto: ثابت كول
Portuguese: provar
Romanian: a dovedi
Russian: доказывать
Slovak: dokázať
Slovenian: dokazati
Serbian: dokazati
Swedish: bevisa, styrka
Thai: พิสูจน์
Turkish: kanıtlamak, ispat etmek
Taiwanese: 證實
Ukrainian: доводити; підтверджувати
Urdu: ثابت کرنا
Vietnamese: chứng minh
Chinese: 证实
