prover

prover

See also: prøver

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English prove
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āsjos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English prover

    From prove + -er.

    Noun

    prover (plural provers)

    1. One who or that which proves.
      • 2025 July 9, Joe Campbell, “Network News: GWR hails success of batteries on branch tests”, in RAIL, number 1039, page 13:
        "This is a test bed for the technology, so ultimately while we could convert more trains like this, there's a limited number," said Green. "We see this more as a technology prover to allow that, rather to be put into a new train project."
    2. A person, device, or program that performs logical or mathematical proofs.
      • 2008 January 31, Bart Van Kerkhove, Jean Paul Van Bendegem, “Pi on Earth, or Mathematics in the Real World”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 3, →DOI:
        The prover belongs to a family of checking devices, Turing machines or sequences of these, that are capable of establishing the probable correctness of solutions for very large classes of problems.
    3. (homeopathy) A person who experimentally ingests a substance and then catalogues every effect or symptom.

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    Old French

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    From Latin probāre.

    Verb

    prover

    1. to prove

    Conjugation

    This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. This verb has a stressed present stem pruev distinct from the unstressed stem prov. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

        Conjugation of prover (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
    simple compound
    infinitive prover avoir prové
    gerund en provant gerund of avoir + past participle
    present participle provant
    past participle prové
    person singular plural
    first second third first second third
    indicative jo tu il nos vos il
    simple
    tenses     		present pruef prueves prueve provons provez pruevent
    imperfect provoie, proveie, provoe, proveve provoies, proveies, provoes, proveves provoit, proveit, provot, proveve proviiens, proviens proviiez, proviez provoient, proveient, provoent, provevent
    preterite provai provas prova provames provastes proverent
    future proverai proveras provera proverons proveroiz, provereiz, proverez proveront
    conditional proveroie, provereie proveroies, provereies proveroit, provereit proveriiens, proveriens proveriiez, proveriez proveroient, provereient
    compound
    tenses     		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
    pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
    past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
    future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
    conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
    subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
    simple
    tenses     		present pruef prues pruet provons provez pruevent
    imperfect provasse provasses provast provissons, provissiens provissoiz, provissez, provissiez provassent
    compound
    tenses     		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
    pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
    imperative – tu – nos vos –
    — prueve — provons provez —

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • French: prouver
    • → German: prüfen
    • → Old English: prōfian

    Portuguese

    Etymology

    From Latin prōvidēre, with the loss of the second syllable. By surface analysis, pro- +‎ ver.

    Pronunciation

     
     
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾuˈveɾ/
      • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾuˈbeɾ/ [pɾuˈβeɾ]
      • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾuˈve.ɾi/

    • Hyphenation: pro‧ver

    Verb

    prover (first-person singular present provejo, first-person singular preterite provi, past participle provido)

    1. (ambitransitive) to provide (give what is needed or desired)

    Conjugation

        Conjugation of prover (irregular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
    Singular Plural
    First-person
    (eu)     		Second-person
    (tu)     		Third-person
    (ele / ela / você)     		First-person
    (nós)     		Second-person
    (vós)     		Third-person
    (eles / elas / vocês)
    Infinitive
    Impersonal prover
    Personal prover proveres prover provermos proverdes proverem
    Gerund
    provendo
    Past participle
    Masculine provido providos
    Feminine provida providas
    Indicative
    Present provejo provês provê provemos provedes proveem, provêem1
    Imperfect provia provias provia províamos províeis proviam
    Preterite provi proveste proveu provemos provestes proveram
    Pluperfect provera proveras provera provêramos provêreis proveram
    Future proverei proverás proverá proveremos provereis proverão
    Conditional proveria proverias proveria proveríamos proveríeis proveriam
    Subjunctive
    Present proveja provejas proveja provejamos provejais provejam
    Imperfect provesse provesses provesse provêssemos provêsseis provessem
    Future prover proveres prover provermos proverdes proverem
    Imperative
    Affirmative provê proveja provejamos provede provejam
    Negative (não) não provejas não proveja não provejamos não provejais não provejam

    1Superseded.

    Further reading

    Swedish

    Noun

    prover

    1. indefinite plural of prov
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