validate
[
val
-i-deyt]
/ˈvæl ɪˌdeɪt/
verb (used with object)
,
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.
Origin
1640-50;
<
Medieval Latin
validātus
(past participle of
validāre
to make valid), equivalent to
valid-
(see
valid
) +
-ātus
-ate
1
Related forms
validation,
noun
validator,
noun
validatory
[
val
-i-d
uh
-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
/ˈvæl ɪ dəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/
(
Show IPA
),
adjective
nonvalidation,
noun
revalidate,
verb (used with object),
revalidated,
revalidating.
revalidation,
noun
unvalidated,
adjective
unvalidating,
adjective
Synonyms
1.
authenticate, verify, prove.
Antonyms
1.
disprove.
Examples from the web for
validate
Many people who had bought cars illegally are scrambling to
validate
the trade.
The public looks to the nation's past to
validate
its core ideals and affirm a record of progress and accomplishment.
Claims that run against the profession's previous findings are subject to more scrutiny than those that
validate
them.
Buy tickets at any station and
validate
before boarding.
Too often in experimental psychology the results merely serve to
validate
a hunch rather than prove a relationship.
The receptionist finds her stamp to
validate
the visitors' parking tickets.
We will of course see efforts in the opposite direction, only to become the exceptions that
validate
the rule.
My goal was to connect with people who are suffering, to acknowledge and
validate
their struggle.
There are many variables to be considered before one can
validate
this hypothesis.
Some audio forensic examiners go to extraordinary lengths to
validate
recordings.
British Dictionary definitions for
validate
validate
/
ˈvælɪˌdeɪt
/
verb
(
transitive
)
1.
to confirm or corroborate
2.
to give legal force or official confirmation to; declare legally valid
Derived Forms
validation,
noun
validatory,
adjective
Word Origin and History for
validate
v.
1640s, from Latin
validatus
, from
validus
(see
valid
). Related:
Validated
;
validating
.