verify

Verb

Meaning

To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize.

To prove to be true or correct; to establish the truth of; to confirm; to substantiate.

To confirm or establish the authenticity of by examination or competent evidence; to authenciate; as, to verify a written statement; to verify an account, a pleading, or the like.

To maintain; to affirm; to support.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths. Bertrand Russell

In properly organized groups no faith is required; what is required is simply a little trust and even that only for a little while, for the sooner a man begins to verify all he hears the better it is for him. G. I. Gurdjieff

The longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains that I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time. George Bernard Shaw

I ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself. G. I. Gurdjieff

Trust, but verify. Russian Proverb

Trust, but verify. Klingon Proverb

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