validate

[val-i-deyt]

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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.

Origin of validate

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

Related formsval·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, nounre·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

Synonyms

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1. authenticate, verify, prove.

Antonyms

1. disprove.

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Examples from the Web for validated

Contemporary Examples

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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October 23, 2012
You have validated—indeed, rescued—Obama's signature domestic achievement.
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Paul Begala
June 28, 2012

Historical Examples

Henry Thorne, who had their tickets, took them into the office to have them validated.
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Ruthe S. Wheeler
Variations that could be validated as typographical errors have been corrected.
The Life of Mohammad
Etienne Dinet
On the other hand in 1752 the Sinhalese succession was validated by obtaining monks from Burma.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 (of 3)
Charles Eliot
On the 30th March the Council had validated six elections with a relative majority.
History of the Commune of 1871
P. Lissagary
Nevertheless its claim to be the sole possible explanation can in nowise be validated.
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British Dictionary definitions for validated

validate

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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Word Origin and History for validated

validate

v.

1640s, from Latin validatus, from validus (see valid). Related: Validated; validating.

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Examples from the Web for validated

Contemporary Examples

He loves his wife, but is deeply in love with himself and needs to be validated constantly.

And that judgment—which could have been wrong—was validated later.

Roddenberry says his client base expanded quickly after the Affordable Care Act was validated by the Supreme Court last year.

Only reproducible experiments, and ones that justify interest, are validated.

You have validated—indeed, rescued—Obama's signature domestic achievement.

Historical Examples

Henry Thorne, who had their tickets, took them into the office to have them validated.

Variations that could be validated as typographical errors have been corrected.

On the other hand in 1752 the Sinhalese succession was validated by obtaining monks from Burma.

On the 30th March the Council had validated six elections with a relative majority.

Nevertheless its claim to be the sole possible explanation can in nowise be validated.

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Word Origin and History for validated

validate

v.

Origin of validate