ETYM Old Fren. prove, proeve, French preuve, from Latin proba, from probare to prove. Related to Prove.
1. Any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something; SYN. cogent evidence.
2. (Logic or mathematics) A formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it.
3. A trial print from a negative.
4. (Printing) A trial impression made to check for errors; SYN. test copy.
5. A measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume). + prikaži više

In mathematics, a set of arguments used to deduce a mathematical theorem from a set of axioms.