## Meanings
1. To check that something is true, accurate, or correct.
2. To prove that something is true by providing evidence.
3. To state or confirm something formally, especially under oath.

## Examples
- Please verify that the doors are locked before you leave the house.
- The witness was able to verify his account of the accident.
- I verify that my statement to the police contains no lies.

## Derived Forms
- reverify
- self-verified
- unverified
- verifiable
- verification

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *weh₁-
- Root: verifier
- Root: vērus

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

## AI Etymology
Verify comes from Old French verifier (French: vérifier), from Medieval Latin vērificāre (“make true”), from Latin vērus (“true”) + faciō (“do, make”); see -fy. The historical chain includes *weh₁- (Proto-Indo-European), verifier (Old French), and vērus (Latin). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as reverify, self-verified, unverified, and verifiable. In present use it covers to check that something is true, accurate, or correct, to prove that something is true by providing evidence, and to state or confirm something formally, especially under oath.

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- Describing Qualities
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