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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Authenticate \Au*then"ti*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Authenticated}; p. pr & vb n. {Authenticating} (?).] [Cf. LL authenticare.] 1. To render authentic; to give authority to by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit. The king serves only as a notary to authenticate the choice of judges. --Burke. 2. To prove authentic; to determine as real and true; as to authenticate a portrait. --Walpole.
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