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authenticate(dictionary)

authenticate (iou)



authenticate verb trans. E17.
[medieval Latin authenticat- pa. ppl stem of authenticare, from late Latin authenticus: see AUTHENTIC, -ATE3.]
Give authority or legal validity to, establish as valid. E17.
R. North Antiquity to authenticate their ceremonies. C. V. Wedgwood The minutes read in the form in which Phelps finally authenticated them on the great roll of parchment..as a perpetual record.
Establish the credibility of a statement, reported occurrence, reputed fact, etc. M17.
C. Lamb A room, which tradition authenticated to have been the same. C. Darwin I doubt whether any case of a perfectly fertile hybrid animal can be considered as thoroughly well authenticated. J. Cheever Letters, photographs, diplomasanything that authenticated the past was always thrown into the fire.
Establish as genuine or real; certify the origin or authorship of. M19.
H. T. Cockburn We went through the whole work, authenticating all his papers. V. Woolf The authenticated masterpiece by Michael Angelo.
authenti'cation noun the action or process of authenticating something; the condition of being authenticated: L18.
authenticator noun a person who authenticates something M19.