Verify
['verɪfaɪ] or ['vɛrɪfaɪ]
Definition
(verb.) confirm the truth of; 'Please verify that the doors are closed'; 'verify a claim'.
(verb.) attach or append a legal verification to (a pleading or petition).
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Definition
(v. t.) To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize.
(v. t.) To prove to be true or correct; to establish the truth of; to confirm; to substantiate.
(v. t.) To confirm or establish the authenticity of by examination or competent evidence; to authenciate; as, to verify a written statement; to verify an account, a pleading, or the like.
(v. t.) To maintain; to affirm; to support.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Authenticate, confirm, substantiate, corroborate, attest, prove true, establish the truth or correctness of, make good.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Establish, confirm, fulfill, authenticate, substantiate, identify, realize,test, warrant, demonstrate
ANT:Disestablish, subvert, fail, falsify, mistake, misrepresent, misstate,disappoint, misdemonstrate
Checker: Paulette
Definition
v.t. to make out or show to be true: to establish the truth of by evidence: to fulfil: to confirm the truth or authenticity of: (Shak.) to affirm support strengthen:—pa.t. and pa.p. ver′ifīed.—n. Verifīabil′ity.—adj. Ver′ifīable that may be verified proved or confirmed.—ns. Verificā′tion a verifying or proving to be true: the state of being verified; Ver′ifīer.
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Examples
- He said he was a Jew, but there was no distinctive feature to verify this assertion. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- However, we will go back at our leisure and verify it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Esmeralda did not bother to verify Mr. Philander's vision. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- He can pick up any one of these six books, refer quickly to a statement, verify a quotation, and go on writing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He obtained the desired speed and load with a friction brake; also regulator of speed; but waited for an indicator to verify it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Grant, assisted by his brothers, to verify from the records every statement of fact given. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- And how did you verify them? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- 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.
- The astronomer predicts an eclipse, and on the minute the spheres swing into line, verifying, beyond all doubt, the correctness of the laws predicated for their movements. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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