verify

[ ver-uh-fahy ]

/ ˈvɛr əˌfaɪ /

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verb (used with object), ver·i·fied, ver·i·fy·ing.

to prove the truth of, as by evidence or testimony; confirm; substantiate: Events verified his prediction.

to ascertain the truth or correctness of, as by examination, research, or comparison: to verify a spelling.

to act as ultimate proof or evidence of; serve to confirm.

Law.

to prove or confirm (an allegation).
to state to be true, especially in legal use, formally or upon oath.

Nearby words

veriest, verifiability principle, verification, verification principle, verified, verify, verily, verisimilar, verisimilitude, verism, verismo

Origin of verify

1275–1325; Middle English verifien < Middle French verifier < Medieval Latin vērificāre, equivalent to vēri-, combining form of vērus true + -ficāre -fy

SYNONYMS FOR verify

2 authenticate, validate.

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Related forms

ver·i·fi·a·bil·i·ty, ver·i·fi·a·ble·ness, nounver·i·fi·a·ble, adjectivever·i·fi·er, nounnon·ver·i·fi·a·ble, adjective

pre·ver·i·fy, verb (used with object), pre·ver·i·fied, pre·ver·i·fy·ing.re·ver·i·fy, verb (used with object), re·ver·i·fied, re·ver·i·fy·ing.un·ver·i·fi·a·bil·i·ty, nounun·ver·i·fi·able, adjective

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Examples from the Web for verifiable

The mutual, verifiable elimination of nuclear weapons has long been popular among the publics in many nations.
Will Obama End the Nuclear Era?|Joseph Cirincione|April 12, 2010|DAILY BEAST
We strongly support the early commencement of negotiations on a verifiable Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty.
How to End the Nuclear Threat|The Daily Beast|June 10, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Empirical psychologists have denied the soul, save as the name for verifiable cohesions in our inner life.
The pragmatic theory of truth as developed by Peirce, James, and Dewey|Delton Loring Geyer
He will not be tempted to a single step beyond the solid ground of verifiable fact.
The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I.|Sir Leslie Stephen

That the time of his birth, his death, and supposed resurrection is not verifiable is generally admitted.
The Truth About Jesus is He a Myth?|M. M. Mangasarian
While we do not, in any intelligible or verifiable sense, know them, we know all things that we do know with or by them.
Essays in Experimental Logic|John Dewey
For example, the relation of the women to the men whom they support is a matter where verifiable data are very hard to get.
Commercialized Prostitution in New York City|George Jackson Kneeland

British Dictionary definitions for verifiable

verify

/ (ˈvɛrɪˌfaɪ) /

verb -fies, -fying or -fied (tr)

to prove to be true; confirm; substantiate

to check or determine the correctness or truth of by investigation, reference, etc

law to add a verification to (a pleading); substantiate or confirm (an oath)

Derived Forms

verifiable, adjectiveverifiableness, nounverifiably, adverbverifier, noun

Word Origin for verify

C14: from Old French verifier, from Medieval Latin vērificāre, from Latin vērus true + facere to make

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