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单词 to prove well
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to prove well
a. intransitive. With adverb or adverbial phrase as complement. To turn out in a specified way (as badly, otherwise, etc.). †to prove well: to turn out well; to thrive, succeed (obsolete; in later use regional).
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the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > result [verb (intransitive)] > turn out > in a specific manner
gangOE
provec1300
goc1425
comea1527
succeed1533
sort1592
to come out1842
issue1855
c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) 2365 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 174 Þe kingus sone þare-after-ward prouede vuele i-novȝ, And wel longe bi-fore þe fadere toward þe deþe he drouȝ.
a1325 St. Blaise (Corpus Cambr.) 81 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) 49 (MED) Proui it ssel þe bet wiþ him & al þat comeþ to.
1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) 146 This matere..was kepte off, as a kalendere, off experte men, off the dysposycion off the yere folwyng afftyr Crystemes day, qwydyr y[t] schuld preue fayr or foule.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xxvi. 39 Orpyne proueth wel in moyst shadowy places.
1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xvi. 290 Such mariages seldom or neuer proue wel.
1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. 79 Ships which have proved as well at sea, as those that are made in Spain.
1695 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 482 Engineer Richards has proved the..new invented mortars, which proved to admiration.
1704 T. Baker Act at Oxf. iv. ii. 42 If they [sc. the children] shou'dn't prove well, 'twou'd be the breaking of both their Hearts.
1791 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse §82 We..lay there to..be the more ready in case the weather should be then in our favour; but it proving otherwise, we returned to Plymouth.
1856 W. Whitman Leaves of Grass (new ed.) 229 Philosophies and religions..may prove well in lecture-rooms, yet not prove at all under the spacious clouds.
1886 C. Scott Pract. Sheep-farming 157 Breeders are beginning to understand that it is to their interest to have their sheep prove well.
1934 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 10 May 2/2 Threatening adversaries with a knife proved badly for John Krorak.
1991 Guardian (Nexis) 26 Jan. It should have been an easy business, but it is proving otherwise.
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to prove well
c. intransitive. to prove well: to be well seen, to be evident. Obsolete.
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society > communication > manifestation > [verb (intransitive)]
seem1340
to prove wellc1387
showa1393
appearc1400
to stare (a person) in the face1510
sparkle1597
shinea1616
transpear1645
relate1663
it is visible1693
to speak out1846
notice1961
society > communication > manifestation > [verb (intransitive)] > slightly
to prove wellc1387
peep1579
smell1837
to come through1868
c1387–95 G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. 547 The Miller was a stout carl for the nones..That proued wel, for ouer al ther he cam, At wrastlynge he wolde haue alwey the ram.
a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 580 He is a grete enemy of all good knyghtes. And [that] prevyth well, for he hath chased oute of that contrey sir Trystram.
c1475 (c1399) Mum & Sothsegger (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) iv. 88 (MED) Some parled as perte, as prouyd well after.
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