5 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Verify \Ver"i*fy\ (v[e^]r"[i^]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Verified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Verifying}.] [F. v['e]rifier, 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. [1913 Webster] This is verified by a number of examples. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] So shalt thou best fulfill, best verify. The prophets old, who sung thy endless reign. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To confirm or establish the authenticity of by examination or competent evidence; to authenticate; as, to verify a written statement; to verify an account, a pleading, or the like. [1913 Webster] To verify our title with their lives. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To maintain; to affirm; to support. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: verified adj 1: supported or established by evidence or proof; "the substantiated charges"; "a verified case" [syn: {corroborated}, {substantiated}] 2: proved to be true; "a verified claim" From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: verify v 1: confirm the truth of; "Please verify that the doors are closed"; "verify a claim" 2: verify or regulate by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard, of scientific experiments; "Are you controlling for the temperature?" [syn: {control}] 3: attach or append a legal verification to (a pleading or petition) 4: to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent" [syn: {affirm}, {assert}, {avow}, {aver}, {swan}, {swear}] [also: {verified}] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: verified See {verify} From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 46 Moby Thesaurus words for "verified": actual, ascertained, attested, authenticated, borne out, categorically true, certain, certified, circumstantiated, confirmed, corroborated, demonstrated, determined, documentary, effectual, established, factual, fixed, historical, not in error, objectively true, proved, proven, real, settled, shown, substantiated, sure-enough, tested, tried, tried and true, true, true as gospel, truthful, unconfuted, undenied, undoubted, unerroneous, unfallacious, unfalse, unmistaken, unquestionable, unrefuted, validated, veracious, veritable
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