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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | Copyright

prove try, test XII; make good, establish XIII. OE. prōfian, succeeded by — OF. prover (mod. prouver):— L. probāre test, approve, demonstrate, f. probus good.

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