verify
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Etymology
From Old French verifier (French: vérifier), from Medieval Latin vērificāre, present active infinitive of vērificō (“make true”), from Latin vērus (“true”) + faciō (“do, make”); see -fy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɛɹɪfaɪ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Verb
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.
- 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
- reverify
- self-verified
- unverified
- verifiable
- verification
- voice verify
Related terms
Translations
to substantiate or prove the truth of something
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to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
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law: to affirm something formally, under oath
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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.
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