authenticate
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɔ.ˈθɛn.tɪ.keɪt/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ɑ.ˈθɛn.tɪ.keɪt/
Verb
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.
Translations
to render authentic
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to prove authentic
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Adjective
authenticate (comparative more authenticate, superlative most authenticate)
- Synonym of authentic.
References
- authenticate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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