Verb
To confirm; to render valid; to give legal force to.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe 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