Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Middle English form of proof, prove.
- A Middle English form of
privy .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb obsolete To prove.
- noun obsolete Proof.
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Examples
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But zif it lyke zou, I schalle schewe, how zee schulle knowe and preve, to the ende that zee schulle not ben disceyved.
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And thus manye wedded men preve, zif the children ben here owne.
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And thus manye wedded men preve, zif the children ben here owne.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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But zif it lyke zou, I schalle schewe, how zee schulle knowe and preve, to the ende that zee schulle not ben disceyved.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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The more that has been done, the less it has seemed to accomplish in the way of real relief, until it has at last become clear that nothing short of entire demolition will ever preve of radical benefit.
VI. The Bend 1890
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Stand utter, [248] fellow, where dost thou thy courtesy preve?
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 William Carew Hazlitt 1873
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Soneday, for reverence of his holy day; and so the Jewe deyde in the preve.
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And the kyng seyng wele that thei wolde not suffre hym to passe withouten bataile, seid to his title mayny, 'Sires and felawes, the yonder men letten us of oure wey; and if thei wol com to us, let every man preve hymself a good man this day, and avaunt banere in the best tyme of the yere.'
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The use of implanted defibrillators that keep the heart beating in proper electrical rhythm to preve ...
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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The hepatitis C therapy peginterferon alfa-2b, when given as low-dose maintenance therapy, can preve ...
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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