validate

validate
validation, n.validator, n.validatory /val"i deuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/, adj.
/val"i dayt'/, v.t., validated, validating.
1. to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
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.
[1640-50; < ML validatus (ptp. of validare to make valid), equiv. to valid- (see VALID) + -atus -ATE1]
Syn. 1. authenticate, verify, prove.
Ant. 1. disprove.

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