prover

English

Etymology

to prove + -er

Noun

prover (plural provers)

1. A person, device, or program that performs logical or mathematical proofs
   • 2008, January 31, “Bart Van Kerkhove and Jean Paul Van Bendegem”, Pi on Earth, or Mathematics in the Real World, volume 68, number 3, DOI:10.1007/s10670-008-9102-5: 

     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.

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Old French

Verb

prover

1. Alternative form of prouver.

Conjugation

• 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, provez
gerund		en provant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		provant
past participle		prové, provez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	prove	proves	prove	provons	provez, provés	provent
	imperfect	provoe, proveie, provoie	provoes, proveies, provoies	provot, proveit, provoit	provions, proviions	proviez, proviiez	provoent, provient, provoient
	past historic	prova	provas	prova	provames	provastes	proverent
	future	proverai	proveras	provera	proverons	proverez, provereiz	proveront
	conditional	proveroe, provereie, proveroie	proveroes, provereied, proveroied	proverot, provereie, proveroie	proverions, proveriions	proveriez, proveriiez	proveroent, provereient, proveroient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	prove	proves	prove	provons	provez	provent
	imperfect	provasse	provasses	provast	provissons	provissez, provissiez	provassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	prove	—	provons	provez	—

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Portuguese

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -er verb prover

Notes:

• This is an irregular verb of the -er group.
• Verbs with this conjugation include: prover.

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	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 Obsolete: provêem
Imperfect	provia	provias	provia	províamos	províeis	proviam
Preterite	provi	proviste	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)	-	provejas	proveja	provejamos	provejais	provejam

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Swedish

Noun

prover

1. indefinite plural of prov