单词 | preve |
释义 | preve in British English (priːv) verb an archaic spelling of prove prove in British English (pruːv) verbWord forms: proves, proving, proved, proved or proven (mainly tr) 1. (may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to establish or demonstrate the truth or validity of; verify, esp by using an established sequence of procedures or statements 2. to establish the quality of, esp by experiment or scientific analysis 3. law to establish the validity and genuineness of (a will) 4. to show (oneself) able or courageous 5. (copula) to be found or shown (to be) this has proved useless it proved to be invaluable 6. printing to take a trial impression of (type, etc) 7. (intransitive) (of dough) to rise in a warm place before baking 8. archaic to undergo Derived forms provable (ˈprovable) adjective provability (ˌprovaˈbility) noun provably (ˈprovably) adverb Word origin C12: from Old French prover, from Latin probāre to test, from probus honest |
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