The Clue
Authenticated (6 letter answer)
The Answer
PROVED
Tags
Notes
The answer PROVED is so rare that it appears less than once every 2900 puzzles.
Related Clues
Confirmed
Demonstrated
Showed
Put to the test
Definition
PROVE as a verb:
1. (prove, turn out, turn up) = be shown or be found to be; "She proved to be right"; "The medicine turned out to save her life"; "She turned up HIV positive"
2. (prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew) = establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"
3. (testify, bear witness, prove, evidence, show) = provide evidence for; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence"
4. prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof
5. (test, prove, try, try out, examine, essay) = put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"
6. (rise, prove) = increase in volume; "the dough rose slowly in the warm room"
7. (raise, leaven, prove) = cause to puff up with a leaven; "unleavened bread"
8. take a trial impression of
9. obtain probate of; "prove a will"
PROVED as an adjective:
1. (proved, proven) = established beyond doubt; "a proven liar"; "a Soviet leader of proven shrewdness"