Authenticate

English

Pronunciation

• (GenAm) IPA: /ɔ.ˈθɛn.tɪ.keɪt/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ɑ.ˈθɛn.tɪ.keɪt/

Verb

Authenticate (third-person singular simple present Authenticates, present participle authenticating, simple past and past participle authenticated)

1. To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.
2. To prove authentic; to determine as real and true; as, to authenticate a portrait.

Thesaurus

OK; accept; accredit; affirm; amen; approve; attest; authorize; autograph; avouch; back; back up; bear out; bolster; buttress; certify; circumstantiate; confirm; corroborate; cosign; countersign; demonstrate; document; endorse; fortify; give permission; give the go-ahead; give the imprimatur; give thumbs up; initial; justify; notarize; pass; pass on; pass upon; permit; probate; prove; ratify; reinforce; rubber stamp; sanction; say amen to; seal; second; sign; sign and seal; strengthen; subscribe to; substantiate; support; sustain; swear and affirm; swear to; test; try; undergird; undersign; underwrite; uphold; validate; verify; visa; vise; vouch for; warrant

Translations

To render authentic

Bulgarian: проверявам автентичността на Dutch: authentiseren (nl) Finnish: todentaa, todistaa oikeaksi

Portuguese: autenticar (pt) Spanish: autentificar (es), autenticar (es)

To prove authentic

Bulgarian: удостоверявам (bg), установявам автентичността на Dutch: authentiseren (nl)

Finnish: todentaa, todistaa oikeaksi Spanish: autentificar (es), autenticar (es)

References

• Authenticate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913