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Definition of Proven

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

Definition of Proven

1. p. p. or a. Proved.

Definition of Proven

1. Adjective. Having been proved; having proved its value or truth. ¹

2. Verb. (context: often proscribed) (past participle of prove) ¹

3. Verb. (past participle of proove) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Proven

1. prove [v] - See also: prove

Lexicographical Neighbors of Proven

Literary usage of Proven

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

1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"A proven warrior donn'da proven mail, But gave the baser arms to baser man. So girt in dazzling brass, they rallying went, 440 Whom great Poseidon led, ..."

2. History of Trial by Jury by William Forsyth, Appleton Morgan (1852)
"finding certain charges proven and the remainder not proven. ... The Verdict of NOT proven. IT is a peculiarity of the Scotch jury system in criminal trials ..."

3. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1918)
"the amount of the dividend upon the full amount proven, when added to the amount realized from the collateral subsequently to such proof, must not exceed ..."

4. Letters, Addressed to the People of Pennsylvania Respecting the Internal by William John Duane (1811)
"Experience has proven, however, that, it would have been much better, ... That the unerring test of experience had proven the inefficacy of such a place as ..."

5. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett, David Jardine by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett, David Jardine (1817)
"By doing this, the jury ha»l in fact found the panels guilty, for two reasons: 1st, Because the finding it proven, that the panels had printed and published ..."

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