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		seatonist on April 27, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Death for stealing candles "Prov'd" is just a contraction of "proved". It was common at that time. This might have a familiar ring... `If this be error, and upon me prov'd, I never writ, nor no man ever lov'd.` (It's from Shakespeare's famous sonnet that begins "Let me not to the marriage of true minds / admit impediments".) Beyond that, "prove", "proof", "proven", etc are all from the latin provare - to try, or test.

Terr_ on April 27, 2015 [–]

Also, it apparently rhymed at the time, but nowadays we say "proved" differently.

JacobAldridge on April 27, 2015 | | [–]

The Great Vowel Shift - a fabulous part of history, and essential for fully appreciating Shakespeare.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vowel_Shift

gnud on April 27, 2015 | | [–]

An interesting piece about this is [1].

I like the example of the double meaning in 'as you like it', shown at 8:11 [2].

1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPlpphT7n9s 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=gP...

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