Definition of Proved

1. Adjective. Established beyond doubt. "A Soviet leader of proven shrewdness"

Exact synonyms: Proven
Similar to: Established, Evidenced, Tested, Tried, Well-tried, Verified
Antonyms: Unproved

Definition of Proved

1. Verb. (past of prove) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Proved

1. prove [v] - See also: prove

Lexicographical Neighbors of Proved

provablenesses
provably
provand
provands
provannid
provannids
provant
provascular
prove
prove oneself
prove out
proveably
provect
provection
provections
proved (current term)
proveditor
proveditors
provedor
provedore
provedores
provedors
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provenance
provenanced
provenances
provend
provender
provenders
provends

Literary usage of Proved

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1846)
"house; for as much as I have proved thee, thou art never destitute of that which is convenient. Then he went down and spake to the cook, whose name •was ..."

2. The Republic of Plato by Plato, Benjamin Jowett (1881)
"But that is easily proved by the case of young children, who are full of spirit almost as soon as they are born, whereas some of them never seem to attain ..."

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