Verify Definition
vĕrə-fī
verified, verifies, verifying
verb
verified, verifies, verifying
To prove to be true by demonstration, evidence, or testimony; confirm or substantiate.
Webster's New World
To test or check the accuracy or correctness of, as by investigation, comparison with a standard, or reference to the facts.
Webster's New World
To add a verification to (a pleading)
Webster's New World
To affirm on oath.
Webster's New World
To substantiate or prove the truth of something.
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Origin of Verify
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From Old French verifier (French: vérifier), from Medieval Latin vÄ“rificāre, present active infinitive of vÄ“rificō (“make true"), from Latin vÄ“rus (“true") + faciō (“do, make"); see -fy.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English verifien from Old French verifier from Medieval Latin vērificāre Latin vērus true wērə-o- in Indo-European roots Latin -ficāre -fy
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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