verb
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To proofread.
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To make resistant, especially to water.
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To allow yeast-containing dough to rise.
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To test the activeness of yeast.
verb
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To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for.
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I will prove that my method is more effective than yours.
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To turn out; to manifest.
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It proved to be a cold day.
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To turn out to be.
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Have an exit strategy should your calculations prove incorrect.
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To put to the test, to make trial of.
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The exception proves the rule.
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To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify.
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to prove a will
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To experience.
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To take a trial impression of; to take a proof of.
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to prove a page
adjective
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Having been proved; having proved its value or truth.
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It's a proven fact that morphine is a more effective painkiller than acetaminophen is.
Examples of proven in a Sentence
Nishani had proven she could bring the planet back to life.
Both of you have proven your loyalty.
She had no idea how to be a single mother in the real world, let alone in a world as unforgiving as the Immortal one. She'd proven she couldn't raise Toby without a bottle of vodka permanently glued to her hand. Rhyn had been exiled for his mixed origins, and she'd never been especially welcomed by anyone but Gabe and Toby. If something happened to Rhyn or if she couldn't leave here … Panicking made her already surging hormones worse. She felt nauseous.
But at the time the doctrine was in force, MAD was effective (or at least, not proven ineffective).
Learning a new language has proven to be very beneficial to cognitive development.
The case against the reformer is not proven and is not probable.
You've proven to be among my most trusted men.
Aromatherapy operates on two levels, firstly using the widely accepted benefits of body massage, which have been proven over the ages.
But it required the arduous labours of the archaeologist to prove a proposition that, once proven, seems self-evident.
She'd proven herself to him in a way no immortal ever had.
The cow is then artificially inseminated using semen from a proven bull " in the usual way " .
A striking 3-year-old chestnut colt by the French Guineas winner Vettori; proven after winning 5f maiden at Bath in October 2004.
A self-starter with previous supervisory experience you will also be able to demonstrate proven project management skills.
However, heparin has not proven useful in treating patients with DIC resulting from heat stroke, exotic snakebites, trauma, incompatible transfusions, and acute problems resulting from obstetrical complications.
The tales told by the royalist writers of the barbarous cruelty inflicted by Simon and his wife on the child are not proven.
Yet willing proselytes to Judaism are still freely received, provided that their bona fides are proven.
The animistic origin of religion is therefore not proven.
The verdicts of the two inquiries may be set against each other, and this particular charge declared "not proven."
Glacial deposits certainly do exist in the Permo-carboniferous formations, which are described under that head, but in the true Carboniferous system glaciation may be taken as not proven.
Goethe's grandsons have been so repeatedly accused of having dis p layed a dog-in-the-manger temper in closing the Goethehaus to the public and the Goethe archives to research, that the charge has almost universally come to be regarded as proven.
And remember—innocent until proven guilty, she answered as she readied for bed.
She had no idea how to be a single mother in the real world, let alone in a world as unforgiving as the Immortal one. She'd proven she couldn't raise Toby without a bottle of vodka permanently glued to her hand. Rhyn had been exiled for his mixed origins, and she'd never been especially welcomed by anyone but Gabe and Toby. If something happened to Rhyn or if she couldn't leave here … Panicking made her already surging hormones worse. She felt nauseous.
But with her icy cool demeanor & nerves of steel, Penelope has proven to be a very valuable member of the organization.
The delay in processing the form had not, in this case, proven detrimental to the patent process.
To date the building has proven to be a highly lucrative investment.
Their background and proven teaching ability translated into courses offers an unparalleled standard of training.
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In November, I delivered the presidential address which has proven to be quite controversial.
In animal studies of skin inflammation, both topical and oral aloe vera have proven beneficial in decreasing inflammation and promoting cellular repair.
Even viral diseases have proven amenable to drug therapy over the past 20 years.
Sometimes preparations containing antihistamine have proven to be useful.
While linear methods have proven invaluable over many years in generating first-order approximations, they are severely limited in both qualitative and quantitative predictions.
Limit entry by Chinese to the program to those with previous foreign language learning experience and proven aptitude?
Proven performance providing an effective alternative to traditional CCA (chromated copper arsenate) treated timber.
Pethidine has an atropine like effect that is said to counteract the opioid effect on smooth muscle but this has not been proven clinically.
It includes baby-safe mirrors that encourage self-discovery and bold colors and patterns proven to keep little ones' attention.
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It's a spoilt ballot which has been proven time after time to achieve nothing.
This mix of techniques has proven to increase the learning of the individual, encourages teamwork and maximizes the benefits to the organization.
The unsurpassed performance is achieved by combining modern paint technology with highly advanced, proven biocides.
All of our horses are selected from proven genes using only the very best bloodlines.
To date it has not been proven to be heritable, however knowledgeable breeders recommend that it be presumed to be heritable.
Design - Prospective, randomized, open cross-over study of women with proven recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis.
The problem with any ' supernatural causation ' is that by definition it cannot be proven.
This approach has been proven to be highly resistant against many attacks such as differential and linear cryptanalysis.
If proven, the backroom dealing could have severe implications both for ICANN and for the US government's stewardship of the Internet.
This complexity has thus far proven as resistant to detailed chemical characterization as it is to microbial degradation.
Large, highly visible locks have proven very effective deterrents in blocks of garages.
Skill in climate diagnostics is encouraged as well as a proven capability to work with interactive diagnostic packages for the analysis of gridded data-sets.
But where tried, democracy has proven the dictum that power tames.