verify
- 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.
Origin of verify
Synonyms for verify
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authenticate, prove, substantiate, certify, corroborate, demonstrate, establish, check, justify, double-check, attest, peg, eye, support, try, debunk, settle, test, document, sizeExamples from the Web for verify
Contemporary Examples of verify
Often, she hears tips and shouts to other tents to verify it against what other families have heard.
He often receives inquiries from sellers eager to verify that their items are authentic.
This work takes a page from President Ronald Reagan, who liked to repeat the Russian proverb “trust but verify.”
With the departure of all GLS staff from Iraq, there is no one remaining who can verify your time worked on the GLS contract.
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September 28, 2014
As far as I know, however, only Gall managed to find a source to verify this.
Historical Examples of verify
Pausing only to verify the number, he sprang up the steps and found the bell-button.
The Black BagLouis Joseph Vance
Look closely to the spelling of proper names and verify titles.
Jennie Baxter, JournalistRobert Barr
There was not a waiter in the house who would not verify that statement on oath.
The Room in the Dragon VolantJ. Sheridan LeFanu
This, about the discovery of America, however, I can not verify with anything from Sanchuniathon.
The Book of KhalidAmeen Rihani
She had calculated correctly that he would not go out to verify her account.
Doctor PascalEmile Zola
verify
- 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)
Word Origin for verify
Word Origin and History for verify
early 14c., from Old French verifier, from Medieval Latin verificare "make true," from Latin verus "true" (see very) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious).