7 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
verb be shown or be found to be
verb establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
verb provide evidence for
originFrom Middle English provyng, prevyng, provynge, prevynge, preovyng, prufunge, preofunge, from Old English *prōfung, equivalent to prove + -ing.
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