PROVE

v. 1 verify, authenticate, confirm, make good, corroborate, demonstrate, show, validate, establish, substantiate, certify, affirm; support, sustain, back (up), uphold Prove that he lied under oath, and we shall have him for perjury If you cannot prove her guilt, she must be presumed innocent. 2 try, test, examine, check, analyse, assay Division can easily be proved by multiplication, and vice versa The proving ground for military vehicles is off limits to the public. Come live with me and be my love, And we shall all the pleasures prove. 3 turn out, be found, be shown, be established, end up; develop, result The child proved to be his long-lost grandson 4 show, evince, demonstrate He proved his love many times over during their fifty years of marriage