Definition of verify Verify

/vɛˈɹʌfajˌ/ - [verufay] - ver•i•fy

We found 12 definitions of verify from 5 different sources.

What does verify mean?

WordNet

Verb verifies, verifying, verified
verify - confirm the truth of; "Please verify that the doors are closed"; "verify a claim"
		affirm, corroborate, substantiate, confirm, sustain, support to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"
		check off, tick off, mark off, tick, mark, check set boundaries to and delimit; "mark out the territory"
		see to it, ensure, ascertain, insure, assure, control, see, check learn or discover with certainty
		check make cracks or chinks in; "The heat checked the paint"
verify - attach or append a legal verification to (a pleading or petition)
		reassert, confirm make more firm; "Confirm thy soul in self-control!"
		jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
verify - to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"
		affirm, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear
		declare state firmly; "He declared that he was innocent"
		hold keep from exhaling or expelling; "hold your breath"
		claim, take take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her"
		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"
		protest utter words of protest
		assure, tell assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence; "I assured him that traveling to Cambodia was safe"
verify - check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard; "Are you controlling for the temperature?"
		control
		see to it, ensure, ascertain, insure, assure, control, see, check learn or discover with certainty
		scientific discipline, science a particular branch of scientific knowledge; "the science of genetics"
		essay, try out, examine, test, prove, try question closely

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Wiktionary

verify (Verb)
To substantiate or prove the truth of something.
verify (Verb)
To confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

verify (v. t.)
To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize.
verify (v. t.)
To prove to be true or correct; to establish the truth of; to confirm; to substantiate.
verify (v. t.)
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.
verify (v. t.)
To maintain; to affirm; to support.