prove

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. t. confirm, verify, substantiate, show, demonstrate, document, check, try, test. See evidence, certainty, feeling.Ant., disprove.

II

(Roget's IV) v.

Syn. justify, substantiate, authenticate, corroborate, testify, explain, attest, show, warrant, uphold, determine, settle, fix, certify, back, sustain, validate, bear out, affirm, confirm, make evident, convince, evidence, be evidence of, witness, declare, testify, betoken, have a case, manifest, demonstrate, document, establish, settle once and for all, (just) go to show*; see also verify .

Ant. disprove*, break down, disqualify.

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.

confirm, verify, evince, demonstrate, corroborate, affirm, validate, substantiate, establish, show, bear out, document, authenticate.

ANT.: disprove, discredit, invalidate

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To establish as true or genuine: authenticate, bear out, confirm, corroborate, demonstrate, endorse, establish, evidence, show, substantiate, validate, verify. See SHOW, SUPPORT. 2. To subject to a procedure that ascertains effectiveness, value, proper function, or other quality: assay, check, essay, examine, test, try, try out. Idioms: bring to the test, make trial of, put to the proof (or test). See INVESTIGATE. 3. Archaic. To participate in or partake of personally: experience, feel, go through, have, know, meet1 (with), see, suffer, taste (of), undergo. Idiom: run up against. See PARTICIPATE.