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Definition of Prove oneself
1. Verb. Show one's ability or courage.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prove Oneself
Literary usage of Prove oneself
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Grammar of the Spanish Language: With Practical Exercises by Auguste-Louis Josse (1847)
"... happen to the unwary to remember the past to accustom oneself to trouble to
agree with the opponents austere in temper, disposition to prove oneself a ..."
2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1866)
"... but ennui is as bad a disease in the social as the political world, and though
one would rather prove oneself to be alive through agreeable sensations, ..."
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