It's the old meaning of Prove:To test something.
IE - (Orignally) The exception that proves the rule = the exception that tests the rule.
But the meaning of that saying has followed the change in the meaning of 'to prove' - which makes no sense really, but we still use it.
/Bryson
(IE - (Orignally) The exception that proves the rule = the exception that tests the rule.
But the meaning of that saying has followed the change in the meaning of 'to prove' - which makes no sense really, but we still use it.
/Bryson
Ijon Tichy,
Wed 11 Jun 2003, 13:30,
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