prover

See also: prøver

English

Etymology

From prove +‎ -er.

Noun

prover (plural provers)

  1. One who or that which proves.
    • 2025 July 9, Joe Campbell, “Network News: GWR hails success of batteries on branch tests”, in RAIL, number 1039, page 13:
      "This is a test bed for the technology, so ultimately while we could convert more trains like this, there's a limited number," said Green. "We see this more as a technology prover to allow that, rather to be put into a new train project."
  2. A person, device, or program that performs logical or mathematical proofs.
    • 2008 January 31, Bart Van Kerkhove, Jean Paul Van Bendegem, “Pi on Earth, or Mathematics in the Real World”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 3, →DOI:
      The prover belongs to a family of checking devices, Turing machines or sequences of these, that are capable of establishing the probable correctness of solutions for very large classes of problems.
  3. (homeopathy) A person who experimentally ingests a substance and then catalogues every effect or symptom.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin probāre.

Verb

prover

  1. to prove

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. This verb has a stressed present stem pruev distinct from the unstressed stem prov. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of prover (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive prover avoir prové
gerund en provant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle provant
past participle prové
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present pruef prueves prueve provons provez pruevent
imperfect provoie, proveie, provoe, proveve provoies, proveies, provoes, proveves provoit, proveit, provot, proveve proviiens, proviens proviiez, proviez provoient, proveient, provoent, provevent
preterite provai provas prova provames provastes proverent
future proverai proveras provera proverons proveroiz, provereiz, proverez proveront
conditional proveroie, provereie proveroies, provereies proveroit, provereit proveriiens, proveriens proveriiez, proveriez proveroient, provereient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present pruef prues pruet provons provez pruevent
imperfect provasse provasses provast provissons, provissiens provissoiz, provissez, provissiez provassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— prueve — provons provez —

Derived terms

Descendants

  • French: prouver
  • → German: prüfen
  • → Old English: prōfian

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin prōvidēre, with the loss of the second syllable. By surface analysis, pro- +‎ ver.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾoˈve(ʁ)/ [pɾoˈve(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /pɾoˈve(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /pɾoˈve(ʁ)/ [pɾoˈve(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾoˈve(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾuˈveɾ/
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾuˈbeɾ/ [pɾuˈβeɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾuˈve.ɾi/

Verb

prover (first-person singular present provejo, first-person singular preterite provi, past participle provido)

  1. to provide (give what is needed or desired)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of prover (irregular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal prover
Personal prover proveres prover provermos proverdes proverem
Gerund
provendo
Past participle
Masculine provido providos
Feminine provida providas
Indicative
Present provejo provês provê provemos provedes proveem, provêem1
Imperfect provia provias provia províamos províeis proviam
Preterite provi proveste proveu provemos provestes proveram
Pluperfect provera proveras provera provêramos provêreis proveram
Future proverei proverás proverá proveremos provereis proverão
Conditional proveria proverias proveria proveríamos proveríeis proveriam
Subjunctive
Present proveja provejas proveja provejamos provejais provejam
Imperfect provesse provesses provesse provêssemos provêsseis provessem
Future prover proveres prover provermos proverdes proverem
Imperative
Affirmative provê proveja provejamos provede provejam
Negative (não) não provejas não proveja não provejamos não provejais não provejam

1Superseded.

Swedish

Noun

prover

  1. indefinite plural of prov
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