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veri·fy (ver′ə fī′)

transitive verb verified -·fied′, verifying -·fy′·ing

  1. to prove to be true by demonstration, evidence, or testimony; confirm or substantiate
  2. to test or check the accuracy or correctness of, as by investigation, comparison with a standard, or reference to the facts
  3. Law
    1. to add a verification to (a pleading)
    2. to affirm on oath

Etymology: ME verifien < MFr verifier < ML verificare, to make true < L verus, true (see very) + -ficare, -fy

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verify

v.

establish, substantiate, authenticate, prove, check, test, validate, settle, corroborate, confirm, document, support; see also prove.

to verify is to prove something to be true or correct by investigation, comparison with a standard, or reference to ascertainable facts some of the dates given in the book could not be verified; to confirm is to establish as true or valid that which was doubtful or uncertain to confirm a rumor; substantiate suggests the producing of evidence that proves or tends to prove the validity of a previous assertion or claim the census figures substantiate his charge; corroborate suggests the strengthening of one statement or testimony by another the witnesses corroborated her version of the event; authenticate implies proof of genuineness by an authority or expert to authenticate a painting; validate implies official confirmation of the validity of something to validate a will

verify Usage Examples

Object

  • authenticity: Bloomberg reserves the right to deny creation of your account based on Bloomberg's inability to verify the authenticity of your registration information.
  • correctness: The aim is to verify software correctness using theorem provers or model checkers.
  • accuracy: Check the printout with an accurate rule to verify the accuracy of the main scale.
  • compliance: In a sweeping summary, he said the Protocol would " not improve our ability to verify compliance " .

Modifying Another Word

  • independently: The holy grail is to develop an approach that would independently verify the conclusions of the cross-country analysis.
  • secondly: Secondly verify that the printable side of the paper is face up, and check the type of paper being used.

Used with why or when

  • who: This information is used only for security reasons to verify who you are should you ever need to contact us.

Preposition: for

  • accuracy: External links lead to sites and pages over which we have no control, and which we cannot verify for accuracy or content.

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