verify

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛɹɪfaɪ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Verb

verify (third-person singular simple present verifies, present participle verifying, simple past and past participle verified)

  1. (transitive) To substantiate or prove the truth of something.
    • 1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:
      "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. (transitive) To confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something.
    • 1984, InfoWorld, volume 6, number 14, page 67:
      In comparison, it takes about a minute to save, rewind and manually verify a similar file on a cassette.
  3. (transitive, law) To affirm something formally, under oath.

Derived terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weh₁- (0 c, 18 e)

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