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In fact, the only one that remotely comes close to your claim is 4, and that form is not used as you used the word.
four could never work because of the portion that states "to determine quality, amount, acceptability, characteristics, etc". Quality, amount, acceptability, and characteristics are not things that can be determined about evolution.
Definition 4 is absolutely impossible to use in the context of evolution being proven. The example given, "to prove ore", shows that. "Proving ore" would be trying to determine what kind of ore it is, specifically, as in "The ore was proven and it turns out to be iron." It is a totally different meaning than what was used with regard to evolution.