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

Synonyms

affirm swan control test ensure establish prove check demonstrate confirm examine assert swear inspect ratify
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Antonyms

make-believe challenge assume enjoy deny alarm
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Hypernyms

support test try prove essay declare

Hyponyms

mark control see take hold claim

Phrases with the word

trust, but verify commission intend to verify experiment used to verify result verify the spelling

Derivatives

verified verifying

Examples

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

Close letter words and terms

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