(~s, proving, ~d, ~d, or ~n)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If something ~s to be true or to have a particular quality, it becomes clear after a period of time that it is true or has that quality.
We have been accused of exaggerating before, but unfortunately all our reports ~d to be true...
In the past this process of transition has often ~n difficult.
...an experiment which was to ~ a source of inspiration for many years to come.
V-LINK: V to-inf, V adj, V n
2.
If you ~ that something is true, you show by means of argument or evidence that it is definitely true.
You brought this charge. You ~ it!...
The results ~ that regulation of the salmon farming industry is inadequate.
...trying to ~ how groups of animals have evolved...
That made me hopping mad and determined to ~ him wrong...
History will ~ him to have been right all along.
...a ~n cause of cancer.
VERB: V n, V that, V wh, V n adj, V n to-inf, V-ed
3.
If you ~ yourself to have a certain good quality, you show by your actions that you have it.
Margaret ~d herself to be a good mother...
As a composer he ~d himself adept at large dramatic forms...
A man needs time to ~ himself...
Few would argue that this team has experience and ~n ability.
VERB: V pron-refl to-inf, V pron-refl adj, V pron-refl, V-ed, also V pron-refl n, V that
4.
If you ~ a point, you show other people that you know something or can do something, although your action may have no other purpose.
They made a 3,000 mile detour simply to ~ a point.
PHRASE: V inflects