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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Verify  \Ver"i*fy\,  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. 
 
  This  is  verified  by  a  number  of  examples.  --Bacon. 
 
  So  shalt  thou  best  fulfill,  best  verify.  The 
  prophets  old  who  sung  thy  endless  reign.  --Milton. 
 
  2.  To  confirm  or  establish  the  authenticity  of  by  examination 
  or  competent  evidence;  to  authenciate  as  to  verify  a 
  written  statement;  to  verify  an  account,  a  pleading,  or 
  the  like 
 
  To  verify  our  title  with  their  lives.  --Shak. 
 
  3.  To  maintain;  to  affirm;  to  support.  [Obs.]  --Shak. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  verifying 
  adj  :  serving  to  support  or  corroborate;  "collateral  evidence" 
  [syn:  {collateral},  {confirmative},  {confirming},  {confirmatory}, 
  {corroborative},  {corroboratory},  {substantiating},  {substantiative}, 
  {validating},  {validatory},  {verificatory}]




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