verify

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb confirm the truth of
  2. verb check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard
  3. verb attach or append a legal verification to (a pleading or petition)

Etymology

From Old French verifier (French: vérifier), from Medieval Latin vērificāre (“make true”), from Latin vērus (“true”) + faciō (“do, make”); see -fy.

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