Verified

Examples

• Pasteur took up the study of anthrax in 1877, verified previous discoveries, and, as we shall see, sought means for the prevention of this pest. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• By a s tudy of the star catalogues this conjecture was soon verified. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• This statement cannot be successfully controverted, for it has been abundantly verified after many years of costly litigation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• These figures can be verified at the office of the Board of Underwriters, where certificates with full details permitting the use of our light are filed by their own inspector. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• He verified his first impressions by counting his pulse, the only available timepiece. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• It will be verified or disproved at the trial. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Mr. Toller's prediction was partly verified. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I have verified my information, and there's an end. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• No tradition is so amply verified as this of St. Veronica and her handkerchief. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The Italian microscopist thus, among his many achievements, verified by observation what Harvey in 1628 had argued must take place. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Afterwards this story was verified: on entering the city we found a large number of very rudely constructed boats. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The judgment of Thucydides, that both Europe and Asia could not resist the Scythians united, has been verified by the experience of all ages. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• When morning came, Mrs. Maylie's predictions were but too well verified. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.

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