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provar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • approve verb To officially agree to or accept something as satisfactory.
  • attempt verb To try to do something, especially something difficult, without guaranteed success.
  • prove verb To show, by evidence or argument, that something is true.
  • sample noun A small portion of something given or shown to represent the whole.
  • taste noun The sensation produced when food or drink is detected by the tongue, or the ability to perceive it.
  • try verb To make an attempt at doing something.

Senses

provar is used for these senses in English:

  • approve (transitive, archaic) To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
  • attempt (archaic) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.
  • bear witness To prove, demonstrate
  • prove (transitive) To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for; to bear out; to testify.
  • prove (transitive) To put to the test, to make trial of.
  • sample (transitive) To take or to test a sample or samples of.
  • taste (transitive) To sample the flavor of something orally.
  • try To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.

approve — full definition

  1. verb To officially agree to or accept something as satisfactory.
  2. verb To think well of something or someone; to be pleased with.

attempt — full definition

  1. verb To try to do something, especially something difficult, without guaranteed success.
  2. noun An effort to do something, especially one that may fail.

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