validate

[ val-i-deyt ]

/ ˈvæl ɪˌdeɪt /

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verb (used with object), val·i·dat·ed, val·i·dat·ing.

to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.

to give legal force to; legalize.

to give official sanction, confirmation, or approval to, as elected officials, election procedures, documents, etc.: to validate a passport.

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Origin of validate

1640–50; < Medieval Latin validātus (past participle of validāre to make valid), equivalent to valid- (see valid) + -ātus -ate¹

SYNONYMS FOR validate

1. authenticate, verify, prove.

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ANTONYMS FOR validate

1. disprove.

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Related forms

val·i·da·tion, nounval·i·da·tor, nounval·i·da·to·ry

[val-i-duh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] /ˈvæl ɪ dəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjectivenon·val·i·da·tion, noun

re·val·i·date, verb (used with object), re·val·i·dat·ed, re·val·i·dat·ing.re·val·i·da·tion, nounun·val·i·dat·ed, adjectiveun·val·i·dat·ing, adjective

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Examples from the Web for validated

He loves his wife, but is deeply in love with himself and needs to be validated constantly.
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And that judgment—which could have been wrong—was validated later.
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Roddenberry says his client base expanded quickly after the Affordable Care Act was validated by the Supreme Court last year.
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Only reproducible experiments, and ones that justify interest, are validated.
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You have validated—indeed, rescued—Obama's signature domestic achievement.
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The intellectualist accounts of truth have all failed to make this vital distinction between 'truth-claim' and validated truth.
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Two whose elections had been validated by the Council refused to sit because they had not obtained the eighth part of the votes.
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In other words, however much a 'truth' has been validated, it is always possible to test it further.
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It is true the treaty was not ratified; but when ratified it is validated retrospectively.
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The clerk of the court issued a certificate which was validated in the secretary's office.
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British Dictionary definitions for validated

validate

/ (ˈvælɪˌdeɪt) /

verb (tr)

to confirm or corroborate

to give legal force or official confirmation to; declare legally valid

Derived Formsvalidation, nounvalidatory, adjective

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