Comprovate

Comprovate is the feminine plural form of the Italian past participle comprovato, used as an adjective meaning verified or corroborated. It typically modifies feminine plural nouns, for example: informazioni comprovate (verified information) or indagini comprovate (verified investigations).

Origin and meaning: the form derives from the verb comprovare, which in turn comes from Latin conprobāre, built from con- (together, with) and probāre (to prove, to approve). In modern Italian, comprovare means to prove or verify something, and comprovate is the agreement used with feminine plural nouns to indicate that something has been validated by evidence or testing.

Usage: comprovate appears mainly in formal, scientific, legal, and administrative writing. It signals that statements, data, or conclusions have been supported by evidence, experiments, or independent confirmation. It contrasts with more everyday expressions that imply uncertainty. Examples include: Le teorie sono comprovate da dati indipendenti. Gli esami hanno fornito risultati comprovati, che supportano la tesi di partenza. Indagini comprovate hanno portato a nuove scoperte.

Notes: in Italian, the related noun comprovante is common in financial and administrative contexts and means a receipt or proof of payment; its plural comprovanti is used for masculine nouns. Comprovate, by contrast, is strictly an inflected adjective and should agree with feminine plural nouns.

See also: comprovante, prova, verifica, validazione.