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validate

[val-i-deyt]

verb (used with object)

validated, validating 
  1. to make valid; substantiate; confirm.

    Time validated our suspicions.

    Synonyms: , ,
    Antonyms:
  2. to give legal force to; legalize.

  3. to give official sanction, confirmation, or approval to, as elected officials, election procedures, documents, etc..

    to validate a passport.



validate

/ ˈæɪˌɪ /

verb

  1. to confirm or corroborate

  2. to give legal force or official confirmation to; declare legally valid

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • validation noun
  • validator noun
  • validatory adjective
  • revalidate verb (used with object)
  • unvalidated adjective
  • unvalidating adjective
  • ˈ岹ٴǰ adjective
  • ˌˈ岹پDz noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of validate1

First recorded in 1640–50; from Medieval Latin ٳܲ (past participle of “to make valid”), equivalent to valid- ( valid ) + -ٳܲ past participle suffix ( -ate 1 )
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Example Sentences

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We could never have predicted just how quickly real-world headlines would not only validate our story, but outpace its darkest possibilities.

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I live here and I can validate the fact that immigrants in this city are part of the fabric of our lives ...

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And yet there is little doubt that these dudes have sucked millions of Americans into validating their delusion self-regard.

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Gemma said giving evidence in court was stressful, but the relief came more from feeling validated, than from money or the sentences.

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This sounds like guesswork derived from pop psychology, since the authors didn’t point to any actual research to validate their conclusions about masking.

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