verify

To substantiate or prove the truth of something.

Verb

  1. To substantiate or prove the truth of something.
    • "It is early to judge," he remarked, after stopping the car in order to verify the name on the brass plate, "but, upon my word, Max, I really think that our ghost might have discovered more appropriate quarters." -...
  2. To confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something.
    • In comparison, it takes about a minute to save, rewind and manually verify a similar file on a cassette. - 1984, InfoWorld, volume 6, number 14, page 67:
  3. To affirm something formally, under oath.

Origin

From Old French verifier (French: vérifier), from Medieval Latin vērificāre (“make true”), from Latin vērus (“true”) + faciō (“do, make”); see -fy.

Forms

verifies verifying verified

Derived

reverify self-verified unverified verifiable verification voice verify