validate

Verb

Meaning

To confirm; to render valid; to give legal force to.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

formalize corroborate formalise second support back show allow evidence test signed pass determine sign accept
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Antonyms

invalidate disprove avoid challenge assault assume
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Hypernyms

support change clear pass alter modify

Hyponyms

sign ratify probate circumstantiate cosign co-sign

Examples

The purpose of education is not to validate ignorance but to overcome it. Lawrence M. Krauss

I don't need plastic in my body to validate me as a woman. Courtney Love

While moral rules may be propounded by authority the fact that these were so propounded would not validate them. Alfred Jules Ayer

The artist cannot look to others to validate his efforts or his calling. If you don't believe me, ask Van Gogh, who produced masterpiece after masterpiece and never found a buyer in his whole life. Steven Pressfield

If any female feels she need anything beyond herself to legitimate and validate her existence, she is already giving away her power to be self-defining, her agency. Bell hooks

To ask me to verify my life by giving you my statistics is like using science to validate sorcery. It robs the world of its magic and makes milestones out of us all. Carlos Castaneda

Close letter words and terms

valid time validamycin validatable validated validating validation