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verify
Meaning: to confirm the truth or accuracy of something
verify in a sentence
How verify is used in real sentences:
The lab ran a second test to verify the surprising results.
Before publishing the article, the editor called three separate sources to verify each quote and statistic in the report.
“Material shortages forced improvisation, but not weaker reporting: workers mixed a synthetic black ink from processed soot and oil, while Thomas made riders verify battlefield accounts with several witnesses.”
— from the passage Ink Before Dawn
Synonyms for verify
Other words for verify — confirm, validate and authenticate — carry the same meaning.
- confirm
- validate
- authenticate
Antonyms of verify
Words that mean the opposite of verify:
- disprove
- refute
Where it comes from
From Latin verus 'true' + facere 'to make'
Word parts
- ver — truth
verify: ver (true) + -ify (to make)
Memory hook
VERI-fy — VERI like 'very true', to verify is to make something confirmed true.