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proven

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"Shown to be true"

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɹuː.vn̩/Part of speech adjectiveSorted enoprvStarts with PEnds with N1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. 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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