authenticate

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.ˈθɛn.tɪ.keɪt/
• IPA^(key): /ɑ.ˈθɛn.tɪ.keɪt/

Etymology

authentic +‎ -ate

Verb

1. (transitive) To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.
2. (transitive) To prove authentic; to determine as real and true.

   He didn't manage to authenticate the portrait: it's probably a fake.

Translations

to render authentic

• Bulgarian: удостоверявам (bg) (udostoverjavam), установявам автентичността на (ustanovjavam avtentičnostta na)
• Catalan: autenticar (ca)
• Dutch: authenticeren (nl), authentificeren
• Estonian: tõendama
• Finnish: todentaa (fi), todistaa oikeaksi
• German: authentifizieren (de), ausweisen (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: hitelesít (hu)
• Interlingue:
• Maori: whakamotuhēhē, whakatūturu
• Portuguese: autenticar (pt)
• Spanish: autentificar (es), autenticar (es)

to prove authentic

• Bulgarian: проверявам автентичността на (proverjavam avtentičnostta na)
• Catalan: autenticar (ca)
• Danish: autentificere
• Dutch: authenticeren (nl), authentificeren
• Estonian: tõendama
• Finnish: todentaa (fi), todistaa oikeaksi
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: authentifier (fr)
• German: authentifizieren (de)
• Hungarian: eredetiséget megállapít
• Interlingue:
• Maori: whakamotuhēhē
• Portuguese: autenticar (pt)
• Spanish: autentificar (es), autenticar (es)

Adjective

authenticate (comparative more authenticate, superlative most authenticate)

1. Synonym of authentic.

References

• “authenticate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.