VERIFY

verify

(verb) confirm the truth of; “Please verify that the doors are closed”; “verify a claim”

affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear

(verb) to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; “Before God I swear I am innocent”

verify

(verb) attach or append a legal verification to (a pleading or petition)

control, verify

(verb) check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard; “Are you controlling for the temperature?”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

verify (third-person singular simple present verifies, present participle verifying, simple past and past participle verified)

(transitive) To substantiate or prove the truth of something

(transitive) To confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something

(transitive, legal) To affirm something formally, under oath

Source: Wiktionary

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Ver"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Verified; p. pr. & vb. n. Verifying.] Etym: [F. vérifier, 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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