Latin

Alternative forms

• conprobō

Verb

comprobō ‎(present infinitive comprobāre, perfect active comprobāvī, supine comprobātum); first conjugation

1. (Classical and very frequent, especially in prose, subjective) I approve wholly of something; I assent to, sanction, or acknowledge
2. (objective) I prove, establish, attest, make good, show, confirm, or verify something to others as true, good, excellent, virtuous, etc.

Conjugation

References

• comprŏbo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• comprobo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “comprobo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to quote precedents for a thing: aliquid exemplis probare, comprobare, confirmare
    
  • to prove a thing indisputably: argumentis confirmare, comprobare, evincere aliquid (or c. Acc. c. Inf.)