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proven
English
Etymology
From Scottish English, as past participle of preve, a Middle English variant of prove – compare woven (from weave) and cloven (from cleave), both of which feature -eve ? -oven. Preve died out in England, but survived in Scotland, where proven developed, initially in a legal context, as in “The jury ruled that the charges were not proven.” See usage notes for historical usage patterns.
Earlier, from Late Latin prob? (“test, try, examine, approve, show to be good or fit, prove”, verb), from Latin probus (“good, worthy, excellent”), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-b?uH-s (“being in front, prominent”), from *pro-, *per- (“toward”) + *b?uH- (“to be”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: pro?o?v?n, pr??v?n, IPA(key): /?p?u?v?n/, /?p???v?n/
- (US) enPR: pro?o?v?n, IPA(key): /?p?uv?n/
- Rhymes: -u?v?n, -??v?n
- Hyphenation: prov?en
Adjective
proven (comparative more proven, superlative most proven)
- Having been proved; having proved its value or truth.
- It's a proven fact that morphine is a more effective painkiller than acetaminophen is.
- Mass lexical comparison is not a proven method for demonstrating relationships between languages.
Antonyms
- unproven
- disproven
Translations
Verb
proven
- (proscribed) past participle of prove
Usage notes
As the past participle of prove, proven is often discouraged, with proved preferred – “have proved” rather than “have proven”. However, they are both about equally common in everyday use in US English. Both are used and considered correct in UK English, but “have proved” is more common.
Historically, proved is the older form, while proven arose as a Scottish variant – see etymology. Used in legal writing from the mid-17th century, it entered literary usage more slowly, only becoming significant in the 19th century, with the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson among the earliest frequent users (presumably for reasons of meter). In the 19th century, proven was widely discouraged, and remained significantly less common through the mid-20th century (proved being used approximately four times as often); by the late 20th century it came to be used about equally often in US English.
As an attributive adjective, proven is much more commonly used, and proved is widely considered an error – “a proven method”, not *“a proved method”.
References
- Paul Brians (2009) , “proved”, in Common Errors in English Usage, 2nd edition, Wilsonville, Or.: William, James & Company, ?ISBN
Catalan
Verb
proven
- third-person plural present indicative form of provar
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
proven
- Plural form of prove
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droven
English
Verb
droven
- (obsolete) past participle of drive
Synonyms
- driven (modern form)
Anagrams
- Verdon, vendor
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