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Succeed, turn out well, as in Farm-raised trout has proved out so well that the fish industry plans to experiment with other species. [Mid-1900s]
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Provence, Provence rose, provender, provenience, proventriculus, prove out, proverb, proverbial, Proverbs, provide, provided
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