prove
verb (used with object)
to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument.
self-proving
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a word derived from
prove.
Example Sentences
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Each of the four principals does a song or dance number denoting his or her folly: Buddy's is self-hatred; Sally's, being in love with love; Phyllis', a blurred identity; Ben's, self-proving quests, no satisfying goals.
From Time Magazine Archive
Therefore he felt weary the last evening, when, after a long self-proving, he prayed to God that in this matter He would not try him.
From Ovind A Story of Country Life in Norway by Bj?rnstjerne Bj?rnson
Mr. Arnold has justly observed that this self-justifying, self-proving purity of style, is commoner in ancient literature than in modern literature, and also that Shakespeare is not a great or an unmixed example of it.
From English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century by Edmund David Jones
Through thought and self-proving, I believe that in the end I shall help you best.
From The Case of Richard Meynell by Mrs. Humphry Ward
This self-proving unity or idea of good is a mere vision of which no distinct explanation can be given, relative only to a particular stage in Greek philosophy.
From The Republic by Benjamin Jowett
