authenticate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: authenticate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for authenticate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
authenticate v establish the authenticity of something
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Authenticate \Authen"ticate\, 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.