verify
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[edit] Etymology
From Old French verifier (French: vérifier), from Mediaeval Latin vērificāre, present active infinitive of vērificō (“‘make true’”), from Latin vērus (“‘true’”) + faciō (“‘do, make’”); see -fy.
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to verify (third-person singular simple present verifies, present participle verifying, simple past and past participle verified)
- (transitive) To substantiate or prove the truth of something
- (transitive) To confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
- (transitive) (law) To affirm something formally, under oath
[edit] Translations
to substantiate or prove the truth of something
to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
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[edit] External links
- verify in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- verify in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
