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verify

Pronunciation: /ˈvɛɹɪfaɪ/

The English word “verify” has 3 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To substantiate or prove the truth of something.
  2. To confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something.
  3. To affirm something formally, under oath.

Etymology

From Old French verifier (French: vérifier), from Medieval Latin vērificāre (“make true”), from Latin vērus (“true”) + faciō (“do, make”); see -fy.

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