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What is the verb for proof?

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prove
  1. (transitive) To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for.
  2. (intransitive) To turn out; to manifest.
  3. (copular verb) To turn out to be.
  4. (transitive) To put to the test, to make trial of.
  5. (transitive) To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify.
  6. (archaic, transitive) To experience.
  7. (printing, dated, transitive) To take a trial impression of; to take a proof of.
  8. Alternative form of proof (“allow (dough) to rise; test the activeness of (yeast)”)
  9. Synonyms:
      10. demonstrate, show, substantiate, determine, establish, verify, attest, confirm, evince, validate, authenticate, corroborate, document, manifest, evidence, ascertain, certify, check, find, justify, ratify, support, testify, uphold, warrant, affirm, back, declare, settle, sustain, witness, convince, develop, explain, fix, result, bear out, establish evidence, produce evidence, produce proof, submit evidence, submit proof, add up, give substance to, make evident, show beyond doubt, show clearly, witness to, show once and for all, show to be true … more
  10. Examples:
      11. “We believe that we have evidence that can prove that the world isn't flat.”
      “We will need to prove your hypothesis before accepting it as fact.”
      “The conspiracy theory would prove to be completely unfounded.”
proof
  1. (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To proofread.
  2. (transitive) To make resistant, especially to water.
  3. (transitive, cooking) To allow yeast-containing dough to rise.
  4. (transitive, cooking) To test the activeness of yeast.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. print, reproduce, copy, issue, list, preprint, produce, publish, pull, reprint, litho, compose, dump, make, reissue, run off, set in print, send to press, turn out, go to press, put to bed, produce writing, strike off … more
proove
  1. Obsolete spelling of prove [16th-18th century]
  2. Misspelling of prove.
proofread
  1. (transitive and intransitive) To check a written text for errors in spelling and grammar.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. correct, revise, check, edit, rephrase, analyse, analyze, refine, copyedit, rearrange, blue-pencil, check over, go over, check through, look over, look through, mark up, remove errors from, spell-check, approve, copy-edit, fly speck, sub, subedit, polish … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “After that, the same editor or another editor should proofread the manuscript and correct typos, grammatical errors and misspelled words.”
      “I never got a chance to see layouts beforehand, approve changes, or proofread anything.”
      “They note that they have not been proofread, and that there may be errors in the number counts or even the voting records themselves.”
proofreading
  1. present participle of proofread
  2. Synonyms:
      3. correcting, revising, checking, editing, rephrasing, analysing, analyzing, refining, copyediting, rearranging, blue-pencilling, blue-penciling, checking over, going over, checking through, looking over, looking through, marking up, approving, spell-checking, flying speck, subbing, subediting, polishing … more
prove
  1. simple past tense of proove
  2. Synonyms:
      3. demonstrate, show, substantiate, determine, establish, verify, attest, confirm, evince, validate, authenticate, corroborate, document, manifest, evidence, ascertain, certify, check, find, justify, ratify, support, testify, uphold, warrant, affirm, back, declare, settle, sustain, witness, convince, develop, explain, fix, result, bear out, establish evidence, produce evidence, produce proof, submit evidence, submit proof, add up, give substance to, make evident, show beyond doubt, show clearly, witness to, show once and for all, show to be true … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “We believe that we have evidence that can prove that the world isn't flat.”
      “We will need to prove your hypothesis before accepting it as fact.”
      “The conspiracy theory would prove to be completely unfounded.”
proving
  1. present participle of prove
  2. Synonyms:
      3. demonstrating, showing, substantiating, determining, establishing, verifying, attesting, confirming, evincing, validating, authenticating, corroborating, documenting, manifesting, evidencing, ascertaining, certifying, checking, finding, justifying, ratifying, supporting, testifying, upholding, warranting, affirming, backing, declaring, settling, sustaining, witnessing, convincing, developing, explaining, fixing, resulting, bearing out, establishing evidence, producing evidence, producing proof, submitting evidence, submitting proof, adding up, giving substance to, making evident, showing beyond doubt, showing clearly, witnessing to, showing once and for all, showing to be true … more
proofing
  1. present participle of proof
proven
  1. (proscribed) past participle of prove
  2. Synonyms:
      3. seen, demonstrated, confirmed, determined, established, exhibited, revealed, shown, corroborated, displayed, documented, illustrated, manifested, presented, proved, showcased, substantiated, supported, verified, affirmed, ascertained, asserted, attested, circumstantiated, exposed, noted, ratified, upheld, validated, certified, elucidated, evidenced, evinced, reinforced, vouched, borne out, made clear, made evident, authenticated, justified, testified, sustained, witnessed, produced evidence, produced proof, explained, submitted proof, established evidence, submitted evidence, shown beyond doubt … more
proofreads
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of proofread
  2. Synonyms:
      3. corrects, revises, checks, edits, rephrases, analyses, analyzes, refines, copyedits, rearranges, blue-pencils, checks over, goes over, checks through, looks over, looks through, marks up, approves, spell-checks, flies speck, subs, subedits, polishes … more
prooves
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of proove
prooveth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of proove
proves
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prove
  2. Synonyms:
      3. shows, confirms, demonstrates, establishes, determines, illustrates, affirms, asserts, attests, corroborates, verifies, backs up, bears witness, indicates, points out, ratifies, substantiates, supports, upholds, validates, vouches, ascertains, bears out, certifies, circumstantiates, elucidates, endorses, evidences, evinces, exposes, notes, points, predicates, prescribes, projects, registers, reinforces, showcases, clarifies, explains, expounds, justifies, lays bare, lays out, makes evident, makes out, makes plain, making known, reveals, sustains … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The vendor usually proves his title by sending copies or summaries of the documents to the purchaser or his solicitor.”
      “Negotiating context shifts over time proves to be the most difficult, socially and even legally, to let resources accrete value.”
      “This proves to be very difficult because underneath all of the anger and pain, love still abides.”
proveth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of prove
  2. Examples:
      3. “For the sinfulness of the imposer's act proveth no more, but that such a command did not oblige you to vow.”
proovest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of proove
provest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of prove
prooved
  1. simple past tense and past participle of proove
  2. Examples:
      3. “But in a triangulate the matter is to be prooved by demonstration.”
proved
  1. simple past tense and past participle of prove
  2. Synonyms:
      3. established, demonstrated, showed, indicated, signified, signaled, signalled, displayed, exhibited, manifested, denoted, ascertained, attested to, corroborated, evidenced, substantiated, determined, validated, confirmed, verified, certified, affirmed, ratified, settled, revealed, sustained, testified to, upheld, authenticated, bespoke, evinced, justified, exposed, expressed, illustrated, proclaimed, supported, bore out, declared, made clear, made evident, presented, showed clearly, spelled out, spelt out, underscored, vouched for, assured, backed up, cleared up … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “A person who is charged with a crime is considered innocent until proved guilty.”
      “The book has proved its worth by saving me hundreds of dollars.”
      “The defense told the jury that the prosecution had not proved its case.”
proofed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of proof
  2. Examples:
      3. “Vitally, this interval permitted the whole paper to be proofed before printing.”
      “She also has had all contact with authors, edited and tagged the journal pages, and proofed them.”
      “He was asking me to proof something I'd already proofed, saying they'd made more changes.”
prooving
  1. present participle of proove
prooven
  1. past participle of proove
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