The Clue
Put to the test (5 letter answer)
The Answer
PROVE
Tags
Notes
The answer PROVE is uncommon, appearing about once every 450 puzzles.
Related Clues
Confirm
Establish
Justify
Show
Substantiate
Test
Validate
Verify
Conclusively show
Demonstrate as true
Establish as fact
Establish as true
Establish the truth
Establish the truth of
Established as true
Try out
Turn out
Show to be true
Turn out to be
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"