prove

To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for; to bear out; to testify.

[VV]e are able with playne demonſtration to proue, and vvith reaſon to perſvvade that in tymes paſt our fayth vvas alike, that then vve preached thinges correſpondent vnto the forme of faith already published of vs, ſo that none in this behalfe can repyne or gaynesay vs.

Mr. H …, whom no distinctions of that sort seemed to disturb, scarce gave himself or me breathing time from the last encounter, but, as if he had task'd himself to prove that the appearances of his vigour were not signs hung out in vain, in a few minutes he was in a condition for renewing the onset

To turn out; to manifest.

It proved to be a cold day.

To turn out to be.

Have an exit strategy should your calculations prove incorrect.

But ſhall I prooue a traitor to my King?

To put to the test, to make trial of.

They took the experimental car to the proving-grounds.

The exception proves the rule.

To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify.

to prove a will

The process of dough proofing.

You may also need to think about what the prove is doing to the loaf of bread — it is warming the dough and making it moist, allowing it to rise […]