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Prove

To try or to ascertain by an experiment, or by a test or standard; to test; as, to prove the strength of gunpowder or of ordnance; to prove the contents of a vessel by a standard measure.

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Manner of action 19

Abduce 76% connected

To draw or conduct away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part.

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Adduce 76% connected

To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege.

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Ascertain 76% connected

To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.

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Attest 76% connected

To bear witness to; to certify; to affirm to be true or genuine; as, to attest the truth of a writing, a copy of record.

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Certify 76% connected

To give cetain information to; to assure; to make certain.

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Cite 76% connected

To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon.

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Contradict 76% connected

To assert the contrary of; to oppose in words; to take issue with; to gainsay; to deny the truth of, as of a statement or a speaker; to impugn.

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Control 76% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Demonstrate 76% connected

To point out; to show; to exhibit; to make evident.

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Determine 76% connected

To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.

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Ensue 76% connected

To follow; to pursue; to follow and overtake.

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Evidence 76% connected

That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or judgement; as, the…

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Find 76% connected

To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a per…

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Float 76% connected

Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the surface, or mark the place of, somet…

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Manifest 76% connected

Evident to the senses, esp. to the sight; apparent; distinctly perceived; hence, obvious to the understanding; apparent to the mind; easily apprehens…

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Presume 76% connected

To assume or take beforehand; esp., to do or undertake without leave or authority previously obtained.

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Result 76% connected

To leap back; to rebound.

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Stultify 76% connected

To make foolish; to make a fool of; as, to stultify one by imposition; to stultify one's self by silly reasoning or conduct.

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Verify 76% connected

To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize.

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Broader term 21

Affirm 76% connected

to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.

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Authenticate 76% connected

To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.

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Be 76% connected

To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.

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Confirm 76% connected

To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish; as, health is confirmed by exercise.

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Corroborate 76% connected

To make strong, or to give additional strength to; to strengthen.

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Demonstrate 76% connected

To point out; to show; to exhibit; to make evident.

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Elevate 76% connected

Elevated; raised aloft.

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Establish 76% connected

To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm.

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Evaluate 76% connected

To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise.

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Grow 76% connected

To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; -- said…

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Impress 76% connected

To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression).

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Inform 76% connected

Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.

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Judge 76% connected

A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for…

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Lift 76% connected

The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

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Print 76% connected

To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.

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Raise 76% connected

To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

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Shew 76% connected

See Show.

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Show 76% connected

To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

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Substantiate 76% connected

To make to exist; to make real.

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Support 76% connected

To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

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Sustain 76% connected

To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight.

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Derivationally related 6

Demonstrative 74% connected

Having the nature of demonstration; tending to demonstrate; making evident; exhibiting clearly or conclusively.

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Demonstrative 74% connected

Having the nature of demonstration; tending to demonstrate; making evident; exhibiting clearly or conclusively.

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Examination 74% connected

The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment.

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Examination 74% connected

The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment.

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Examiner 74% connected

One who examines, tries, or inspects; one who interrogates; an officer or person charged with the duty of making an examination; as, an examiner of s…

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Examiner 74% connected

One who examines, tries, or inspects; one who interrogates; an officer or person charged with the duty of making an examination; as, an examiner of s…

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Causes 1

Rise 72% connected

To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other volun…

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Synonym 13

Demonstrate 92% connected

To point out; to show; to exhibit; to make evident.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Essay 92% connected

An effort made, or exertion of body or mind, for the performance of anything; a trial; attempt; as, to make an essay to benefit a friend.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Establish 92% connected

To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Evidence 92% connected

That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or judgement; as, the…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Examine 92% connected

To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection o…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Leaven 92% connected

Any substance that produces, or is designed to produce, fermentation, as in dough or liquids; esp., a portion of fermenting dough, which, mixed with…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Raise 92% connected

To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rise 92% connected

To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other volun…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Shew 92% connected

See Show.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Show 92% connected

To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Test 92% connected

A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Testify 92% connected

To make a solemn declaration, verbal or written, to establish some fact; to give testimony for the purpose of communicating to others a knowledge of…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Try 92% connected

To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from th…

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