Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to prove
Participle: proved
Gerund: proving
Indicative
Present
| I | prove |
| you | prove |
| he;she;it | proves |
| we | prove |
| you | prove |
| they | prove |
Perfect
| I | have proved |
| you | have proved |
| he;she;it | has proved |
| we | have proved |
| you | have proved |
| they | have proved |
Past
| I | proved |
| you | proved |
| he;she;it | proved |
| we | proved |
| you | proved |
| they | proved |
Pluperfect
| I | had proved |
| you | had proved |
| he;she;it | had proved |
| we | had proved |
| you | had proved |
| they | had proved |
Future
| I | will prove |
| you | will prove |
| he;she;it | will prove |
| we | will prove |
| you | will prove |
| they | will prove |
Future Perfect
| I | will have proved |
| you | will have proved |
| he;she;it | will have proved |
| we | will have proved |
| you | will have proved |
| they | will have proved |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | prove |
| you | prove |
| he;she;it | prove |
| we | prove |
| you | prove |
| they | prove |
Perfect
| I | have proved |
| you | have proved |
| he;she;it | have proved |
| we | have proved |
| you | have proved |
| they | have proved |
Imperfect
| I | proved |
| you | proved |
| he;she;it | proved |
| we | proved |
| you | proved |
| they | proved |
Pluperfect
| I | had proved |
| you | had proved |
| he;she;it | had proved |
| we | had proved |
| you | had proved |
| they | had proved |
Conditional
Present
| I | would prove |
| you | would prove |
| he;she;it | would prove |
| we | would prove |
| you | would prove |
| they | would prove |
Perfect
| I | would have proved |
| you | would have proved |
| he;she;it | would have proved |
| we | would have proved |
| you | would have proved |
| they | would have proved |
Imperative
| you | prove |
| we | Let's prove |
| you | prove |
Verbs conjugated like 'prove'
prove,
Verbs similar to 'prove'
drove,
grove,
preve,
probe,
proke,
prose,
rove,
amove,
approve,
brave,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1175,
prouwe, from O.Fr.
prover (11c.), from L.
probare "to test, prove worthy," from
probus "worthy, good, upright, virtuous," from PIE
*pro-bhwo- "being in front," from
*pro-, extended form of base
*per-, + base
*bhu- "to be" (cf. L.
fui "I have been,"
futurus "about to be;" O.E.
beon "to be;" see be).
2. From Middle English proven, from Old English prōfian (“to esteem, regard as, evince, try, prove”) and Old French prover (“to prove”), both from Latin probō (“test, try, examine, approve, show to be good or fit, prove”, verb), from probus (“good, worthy, excellent”), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-bʰuH-s (“being in front, prominent”), from *pro-, *per- (“toward”) + *bʰuH- (“to be”). Displaced native Middle English sothen (“to prove”), from Old English sōþian (“to prove”). Doublet of probe. More at for, be, soothe. See: Old French '
prover', Latin '
probō'.
Verbs referencing "prove"
Danish
prøve, Ido pruvar.
Sample Sentences
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[...] third year it will be known whether his earnings will more than pay the actual cost of his board; if they should, he will have it at his option to remain and receive his earnings, or not. Those who prove unable to earn their own livelihood will not be retained; as it is not desirable to convert the establishment into an alms-house, or to retain any but working bees in the hive. Those who by [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] and how “ Missis was a going to give Lizzy that spotted muslin gown, when she'd got her new berage made up; ” and how Mas’r Shelby was thinking of buying a new sorrel colt, that was going to prove an addition to the glories of the place. A few of the worshippers belonged to families hard by, who had got permission to attend, and who brought in various choice scraps of information, about the [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] and many witnesses. These institutions were established, no doubt, upon the principle that those who had so large a share in making the laws, would certainly respect them. But experience has proved this hope to be fallacious; for no men know better than the judges of America, that on the occasion of any great popular excitement the law is powerless, and cannot, for the time, assert its own [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] somebody come in to talk with; and accepted, without examination, Eliza's statement, that she “ was going on a little piece, to spend a week with her friends,”—all which she hoped in her heart might prove strictly true.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] of the local legislature of Connecticut, which sage body enacted, in bygone times, the renowned code of ‘Blue Laws, ’ in virtue whereof, among other enlightened provisions, any citizen who could be proved to have kissed his wife on Sunday, was punishable, I believe, with the stocks. Too much of the old Puritan spirit exists in these parts to the present hour; but its influence has not tended, that I [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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What! do you thrust your common offenders against the police discipline of the town, into such holes as these ? Do men and women, against whom no crime is proved, lie here all night in perfect darkness, surrounded by the noisome vapours which encircle that flagging lamp you light us with, and breathing this filthy and offensive stench ! Why, such indecent [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ Wal, there might be something in that ar, if it warnt for his character; but I can show recommends from his master and others, to prove he is one of your real pious,—the most humble, prayin, pious crittur ye ever did see. Why, he's been called a preacher in them parts he came from. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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We were taking an early dinner at this house, on the day after our arrival, which was Sunday, when a steamboat came in sight, and presently touched at the wharf. As she proved to be on her way to Buffalo, we hurried on board with all speed, and soon left Sandusky far behind us.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ The Bible was my _mother’s_ book, ” said St. Clare. “ By it she lived and died, and I would be very sorry to think it did. I'd as soon desire to have it proved that my mother could drink brandy, chew tobacco, and swear, by way of satisfying me that I did right in doing the same. It wouldn't make me at all more satisfied with these things in myself, and it [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ But it's no kind of apology for slavery, to prove that it isn't worse than some other bad thing. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Sir, why would you even ask us this? You 've proved what a great man you are.
(Kaaduvetty)