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Definitions
established beyond doubt
Word origin
From Scottish English, as past participle of preve, a Middle English variant of prove – compare woven (from weave) and cloven (from cleave), both of which feature -eve → -oven. Preve died out in England, but survived in Scotland, where proven developed, initially in a legal context, as in “The jury ruled that the charges were not proven.” See usage notes for historical usage patterns.
Used in a sentence
“It's a proven fact that morphine is a more effective painkiller than acetaminophen is.”
“Mass lexical comparison is not a proven method for demonstrating relationships between languages.”
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