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prove verb A. tranzitiv

1. (tehn.) a pune la probă, a proba, a încerca (gradul presiunii, o armă de foc etc.);

(înv.) to be proved by adversity a fi trecut prin încercările vieţii.

2. (mat.) a verifica (un calcul etc.).

3. (poligr.) a tipări de probă (o fotografie, o vignetă etc.).

4. (mine) a recunoaşte (natura solului etc.).

5. a dovedi, a demonstra;

(prov.) the exception proves the rule excepţia confirmă regula;

he spoils his case who tries to prove a will cine se scuză se acuză;

(jur.) to prove a will a omologa un testament.

prove verb B. intranzitiv

1. a se dovedi, a se arăta;

he proved unequal to his task s-a arătat a fi sub asteptări.

2. (amer.) to prove up a-şi valorifica drepturile, a îndeplini formalităţile cerute (pentru a obţine recunoaşterea unei situaţii de fapt sau de drept).

prove verb C. reflexiv

a se dovedi;

he proved himself a good son s-a dovedit a fi un fiu bun.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

"Little girl!"—the very words he had used to Lucy, and oh, but he proved himself a friend!

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

Miss Crawford had anticipated her wants with a kindness which proved her a real friend.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

Your words prove that you have these, and all the rest is but the work of use and time.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

How will you prove that to me?

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

There is some indication that this year at work, you will need to prove your abilities in a new way.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

That proves you must have been an honest and faithful servant.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

But how shall we prove anything?

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

Of course I knew better, but I could prove nothing.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This apartment, to which she had given a date so ancient, a position so awful, proved to be one end of what the general's father had built.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

That incident proves, I fear, beyond all doubt that the lady is dead.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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