verify

[VerĀ·i*fy]

When you verify something, you show that it's true. Do you have a photograph to verify your claim that there's a dinosaur in your backyard?

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To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize.

Verb
confirm the truth of; "Please verify that the doors are closed"; "verify a claim"

Verb
to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"

Verb
attach or append a legal verification to (a pleading or petition)

Verb
verify or regulate by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard, of scientific experiments; "Are you controlling for the temperature?"


v. t.
To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize.

v. t.
To prove to be true or correct; to establish the truth of; to confirm; to substantiate.

v. t.
To confirm or establish the authenticity of by examination or competent evidence; to authenciate; as, to verify a written statement; to verify an account, a pleading, or the like.

v. t.
To maintain; to affirm; to support.


Verify

Ver"i*fy , v. t. [Verb + -fy.] To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize. [R.] Earle.

Verify

Ver"i*fy , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Verified ; p. pr. & vb. n. Verifying.] [F. v'82rifier, 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.
So shalt thou best fulfill, best verify. The prophets old, who sung thy endless reign.
2. To confirm or establish the authenticity of by examination or competent evidence; to authenciate; as, to verify a written statement; to verify an account, a pleading, or the like.
To verify our title with their lives.
3. To maintain; to affirm; to support. [Obs.] Shak.

To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize.

To prove to be true or correct; to establish the truth of; to confirm; to substantiate.

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Usage Examples

In properly organized groups no faith is required what is required is simply a little trust and even that only for a little while, for the sooner a man begins to verify all he hears the better it is for him.

In the latter case life rests upon a thousand presuppositions which the individual can never trace back to their origins, and verify but which he must accept upon faith and belief.

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Other Usage Examples

Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths.

Trust, but verify.

Doubt the conventional wisdom unless you can verify it with reason and experiment.

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