put to the proof

To be tested, or to test something. I'm hopeful that the invention will now finally work properly, but it needs to be put to the proof first.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Danna	-	English
Dzvezda	-	Macedonian
Ira (1)	IE-rə (English)	Biblical, English, Hebrew
Donato	do-NAH-to (Italian, Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Irene	ie-REEN (English), ie-REE-nee (English), ee-RE-ne (Italian), EE-re-ne (Finnish), ee-RE-nu (German)	English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, German, Ancient Greek (L
Andriana	-	Greek