Proven

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. A past tense and a past participle of prove.
  • adj. Having been demonstrated or verified without doubt: "a Soviet leader of proven shrewdness and prescience” ( Joyce Carol Oates). See Usage Note at prove.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Having been proved; having proved its value or truth.
  • v. Past participle of prove
  • v. Past participle of proove
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • past-participle. Proved.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Proved: an improper form, lately growing in frequency, by imitation of the Scotch use in “not proven.”
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. established beyond doubt
  • Equivalent
    verified    tried    established    tested    well-tried    evidenced   
    Antonym
    unproven   
    Cross Reference
    not proven   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    proved   
    Verb Stem
    prove   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    hooven    unproven