validate

To render valid.

Adjective

  1. Valid, validated.

Origin

First attested in 1586; borrowed from Medieval Latin validātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymolgy 1 for more.

Forms

more validate most validate

Verb

  1. To render valid.
    • Always remember to validate your ticket before entering the train. A non-validated ticket could lead to a hefty fine. - 2003, Alan Hart, Going to Live in France, page 207:
  2. To check or prove the validity of; verify.
  3. To have its validity successfully proven.
    • The data file cannot be imported because it doesn't validate.

Origin

First attested in 1648; borrowed from Medieval Latin validātus (“to validate”) (perhaps through Middle French valider), the perfect passive participle of validō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from validus + -ō (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, valid + -ate.

Forms

validates validating validated

Antonyms

disprove invalidate

Related

cross-validate invalidate valid validation validator