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Etymology
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From (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Old French verifier (French: vérifier ), from (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Medieval Latin vērificāre , present active infinitive of vērificō ( “ make true ” ) , from (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Latin vērus ( “ true ” ) + faciō ( “ do, make ” ) ; see -fy .
Verb
verify (third-person singular simple present verif , present participle ies , 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
1984 , InfoWorld (volume 6, number 14, page 67)
In comparison, it takes about a minute to save, rewind and manually verify a similar file on a cassette.
( transitive , law ) To affirm something formally , under oath
Derived terms
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Translations
to substantiate or prove the truth of something
Arabic: أكد
Finnish: tarkistaa (fi) , varmistaa (fi) , todentaa (fi) , verifioida
Galician: verificar
Georgian: დამოწმება ( damoc̣meba ) , დადასტურება ( dadasṭureba )
German: belegen (de) , beweisen (de) , verifizieren (de)
Greek: το να αποδεικνύεις οτι κάτι είναι αληθές ( to na apodeiknýeis oti káti eínai alithés )
Hebrew: וידא ( vidé )
Hungarian: bizonyít (hu) , bebizonyít (hu) , igazol (hu) , hitelesít (hu) , alátámaszt (hu)
Ido: verigar (io)
Latin: verifico
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Manchu: ᠶᠠᡵᡤᡳᠶᠠᠯᠠᠮᠪᡳ ( yargiyalambi )
Maori: whakatūturu , manatoko
Portuguese: verificar (pt)
Romanian: verifica (ro)
Russian: дока́зывать (ru) impf ( dokázyvatʹ ) , доказа́ть (ru) pf ( dokazátʹ )
Serbo-Croatian: verificirati (sh)
Spanish: verificar (es)
Swedish: verifiera (sv) , bekräfta (sv)
to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
Arabic: حقق
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Chinese:
Mandarin: 校驗 / 校验 (zh) ( jiàoyàn ) , 校验 (zh) ( jiàoyàn ) , 驗證 / 验证 (zh) ( yànzhèng ) , 验证 (zh) ( yànzhèng )
Czech: ověřit (cs)
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Finnish: vahvistaa (fi) , todentaa (fi) , verifioida
French: vérifier (fr)
Galician: verificar
Georgian: შემოწმება ( šemoc̣meba ) , გადამოწმება ( gadamoc̣meba )
German: überprüfen (de)
Greek: επαληθεύω (el) ( epalithévo )
Hebrew: וידא ( vidé )
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Hungarian: ellenőriz (hu) , megvizsgál (hu) , verifikál
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Latin: verifico
Maori: manatoko
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: verificar (pt) , confirmar (pt) , constatar (pt)
Romanian: please add this translation if you can
Russian: проверя́ть (ru) impf ( proverjátʹ ) , прове́рить (ru) pf ( provéritʹ )
Serbo-Croatian: verificirati (sh) , ovjeroviti (sh)
Spanish: verificar (es)
Swedish: verifiera (sv) , kontrollera (sv)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
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Further reading
“verify ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC .
“verify ”, in The Century Dictionary [ … ] , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC .