prove

Verb

• obtain probate of
  • prove a will
    

• take a trial impression of

• cause to puff up with a leaven
  • unleavened bread
    

• increase in volume
  • the dough rose slowly in the warm room
    

• put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
  • This approach has been tried with good results
    
  • Test this recipe
    

• prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof

• provide evidence for
  • The blood test showed that he was the father
    
  • Her behavior testified to her incompetence
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  raise , leaven , rise , test , try , try out , examine , essay , testify , bear witness , evidence , show , demonstrate , establish , shew , turn out , turn up
• Antonyms: 
  disprove , confute