verify : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: verify	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
verify v confirm the truth of; "Please verify that the doors are closed"; "verify a claim" check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard; "Are you controlling for the temperature?" Synonym(s): control, verify attach or append a legal verification to (a pleading or petition) to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent" Synonym(s): affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Verify \Ver"i*fy\, v. t. [Verb + -fy.] To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize. [R.] --Earle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Verify \Ver"ify\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Verified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Verifying}.] [F. v[82]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.