authenticate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɔ.ˈθɛn.tɪ.keɪt/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ɑ.ˈθɛn.tɪ.keɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Verb[edit]
authenticate (third-person singular simple present authenticates, present participle authenticating, simple past and past participle authenticated)
- (transitive) To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.
- (transitive) To prove authentic; to determine as real and true.
- He didn't manage to authenticate the portrait: it's probably a fake.
- the server could not authenticate the request
Synonyms[edit]
- authentify (which is a less common synonym)
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Translations[edit]
to render authentic
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to prove authentic
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Adjective[edit]
authenticate (comparative more authenticate, superlative most authenticate)
- Synonym of authentic.
References[edit]
- “authenticate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.