verify
VerbUS[ver-uh-fahy]/ˈvɛrəˌfaɪ/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Verb (4)verified, verifying
- confirm the truth of“Please verify that the doors are closed”“verify a claim”More general confirm, corroborateMore specific see, guarantee, check
- check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard“Are you controlling for the temperature?”Synonyms: controlMore general test, proveSimilar see, check
- attach or append a legal verification to (a pleading or petition)More general confirm, reassert
- to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true“Before God I swear I am innocent”Synonyms: affirmassertavowaverswanswearMore general declareMore specific assure, declare, claim, hold, protest, attest
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Translations
Verb to confirm the truth of, check
- Spanish
- verificar
- French
- vérifier
- German
- verifizieren
- Italian
- verificare
- Portuguese
- verificar
- Russian
- проверя́ть proverjátʹ
- Arabic
- حَقَّقَ ḥaqqaqa
- Chinese
- 验证 yànzhèng
- Japanese
- 確かめる tashikameru
- Dutch
- verifiëren
15 more languages
- Polish
- weryfikować
- Swedish
- verifiera
- Greek
- επαληθεύω epalithévo
- Vietnamese
- xác minh
- Hungarian
- verifikál
- Portuguese (PT)
- verificar
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 校驗 jiàoyàn
- Catalan
- verificar
- Czech
- ověřit
- Esperanto
- kontroli
- Finnish
- verifioida
- Hebrew
- וידא vidé
- Norwegian
- verifisere
- Romanian
- verifica
- Serbo-Croatian
- verificirati
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ver′i·fy (vĕr′ĭ-fī), transitive verb [past tense & past participle Verified; present participle & verbal noun Verifying.]
Origin: F. vérifier, 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.
This is verified by a number of examples.— Francis, Baron Verulam Bacon
So shalt thou best fulfill, best verify. The prophets old, who sung thy endless reign.— John Milton
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.
To verify our title with their lives.— William Shakespeare
3. To maintain; to affirm; to support. obsolete William Shakespeare
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54