authenticate
About 0.51 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.
- verb To prove authentic; to determine as real and true.
He didn’t manage to authenticate the portrait: it’s probably a fake.
- adjective Synonym of authentic.
Similar words
authentification certify verify validate confirm identify legalization legalize header auth
Often followed by
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Word family
authenticated authenticates authenticating authenticator authenticators
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