(baking) The process of dough proofing.

(transitive) To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for.

(intransitive) To turn out; to manifest.

(copulative) To turn out to be.

(transitive) To put to the test, to make trial of.

(transitive) To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify.

(archaic, transitive) To experience.

(printing, dated, transitive) To take a trial impression of; to take a proof of.

Alternative form of proof (“allow (dough) to rise; test the activeness of (yeast); pressure-test (a firearm)”)

(homeopathy) To determine by experiment which effects a substance causes when ingested.

simple past of proove