validate

• Rhymes: -eɪt

validate (third-person singular simple present validates, present participle validating, simple past and past participle validated)

1. (transitive) To render valid.
   • 2003, Alan Hart, Going to Live in France (page 207)

     Always remember to validate your ticket before entering the train. A non-validated ticket could lead to a hefty fine.

2. (transitive) To check or prove the validity of; verify.
3. (ergative) To have its validity successfully proven.

   The data file cannot be imported because it doesn't validate.

• disprove
• invalidate

• valid
• validation
• validator

validate

1. second-person plural present of validare
2. second-person plural imperative of validare
3. feminine plural past participle of validare

• dilavate