verify

Verb
Synonyms: controlaffirmassertavowaverswanswear

WordNet 3.0

Verb (4)

  1. confirm the truth of“Please verify that the doors are closed”“verify a claim”
  2. check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard“Are you controlling for the temperature?”Synonyms: control
  3. attach or append a legal verification to (a pleading or petition)
  4. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true“Before God I swear I am innocent”Synonyms: affirmassertavowaverswanswear
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Verify \Ver"i*fy\ (v[e^]r"[i^]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Verified; p. pr. & vb. n. Verifying.] [F. v['e]rifier, LL. verificare, from L. verus true + -ficare to make. See Very, and -fy.]

1.To prove to be true or correct; to establish the truth of; to confirm; to substantiate. [1913 Webster]

This is verified by a number of examples.— Bacon.[1913 Webster]
So shalt thou best fulfill, best verify. The prophets old, who sung thy endless reign.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

2.To confirm or establish the authenticity of by examination or competent evidence; to authenticate; as, to verify a written statement; to verify an account, a pleading, or the like. [1913 Webster]

To verify our title with their lives.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

3.To maintain; to affirm; to support. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

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