verify

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To check that something is true, accurate, or correct.

   Please verify that the doors are locked before you leave the house.

2. 2
   verb

   To prove that something is true by providing evidence.

   The witness was able to verify his account of the accident.

3. 3
   verb

   To state or confirm something formally, especially under oath.

   I verify that my statement to the police contains no lies.

Common collocations

• verify someone's age Verb + noun

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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