| verify | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. verify | confirm the truth of.; "Please verify that the doors are closed"; "verify a claim" |
| ~ check off, tick off, mark off, tick, check, mark | put a check mark on or near or next to.; "Please check each name on the list"; "tick off the items"; "mark off the units" |
| ~ insure, see to it, ascertain, ensure, check, assure, control, see | be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something.; "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the product" |
| ~ check | verify by consulting a source or authority.; "check the spelling of this word"; "check your facts" |
| ~ affirm, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, sustain | establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts.; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant" |
| v. (social) | 2. control, verify | check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard.; "Are you controlling for the temperature?" |
| ~ science, scientific discipline | a particular branch of scientific knowledge.; "the science of genetics" |
| ~ insure, see to it, ascertain, ensure, check, assure, control, see | be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something.; "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the product" |
| ~ test, try out, essay, try, examine, prove | put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to.; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe" |
| v. (communication) | 3. verify | attach or append a legal verification to (a pleading or petition). |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| ~ reassert, confirm | strengthen or make more firm.; "The witnesses confirmed the victim's account" |
| v. (communication) | 4. affirm, assert, aver, avow, swan, swear, verify | to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true.; "Before God I swear I am innocent" |
| ~ hold | assert or affirm.; "Rousseau's philosophy holds that people are inherently good" |
| ~ claim, take | lay claim to; as of an idea.; "She took credit for the whole idea" |
| ~ attest | authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity.; "I attest this signature" |
| ~ declare | state firmly.; "He declared that he was innocent" |
| ~ declare | state emphatically and authoritatively.; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with" |
| ~ protest | affirm or avow formally or solemnly.; "The suspect protested his innocence" |
| ~ assure, tell | inform positively and with certainty and confidence.; "I tell you that man is a crook!" |
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