Hypertext Webster Gateway: "verify"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Verify \Ver"i*fy\, v. t. [Verb + -fy.]
To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize. [R.]
--Earle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Verify \Ver"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Verified}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Verifying}.] [F. v['e]rifier, LL. verificare, from L.
verus true + -ficare to make. See {Very}, and -fy.]
1. To prove to be true or correct; to establish the truth of;
to confirm; to substantiate.
This is verified by a number of examples. --Bacon.
So shalt thou best fulfill, best verify. The
prophets old, who sung thy endless reign. --Milton.
2. 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 verify our title with their lives. --Shak.
3. To maintain; to affirm; to support. [Obs.] --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
verify
v 1: confirm the truth of; "Please verify that the doors are
closed"; "verify a claim"
2: verify or regulate by conducting a parallel experiment or
comparing with another standard, of scientific
experiments: "Are you controlling for the temperature?"
[syn: {control}]
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