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validate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb validate has 4 senses
- validate(v = verb.social) formalise, formalize - declare or make legally valid; Array is one way to authorise, authorize, clear, pass
- validate(v = verb.cognition) Array - prove valid; show or confirm the validity of something; Array is one way to affirm, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, sustain
- validate(v = verb.communication) corroborate - give evidence for; Array is one way to confirm, reassert
- validate(v = verb.change) Array - make valid or confirm the validity of; "validate a ticket" is one way to alter, change, modify
Antonym: invalidate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Antonym: invalidate
Derived forms noun validation1, noun validation2, adjective validatory1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derived forms noun validation1, noun validation2, adjective validatory1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Antonym: invalidate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
validate, v. t. [See Valid.].
To confirm; to render valid; to give legal force to. [1913 Webster]
"The chamber of deputies . . . refusing to validate at once the election of an official candidate."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
validate, v.tr. make valid; ratify, confirm.
Derivative
validation n.
Etymology
med.L validare f. L (as VALID)
THESAURUS
validate
OK, accept, accredit, affirm, amen, approve, assay, attest, audit, authenticate, authorize, autograph, back, back up, bear out, bolster, bring to test, buttress, certificate, certify, charter, check, check and doublecheck, check out, check over, circumstantiate, collate, confirm, constitute, corroborate, cosign, countersign, cross-check, cut and try, declare lawful, decree, document, double-check, empower, enable, enact, endorse, enfranchise, entitle, essay, establish, experiment, formulate, fortify, franchise, give a try, give a tryout, give official sanction, give permission, give power, give the go-ahead, give the imprimatur, give thumbs up, have a go, initial, justify, legalize, legislate, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimize, license, make a regulation, make legal, notarize, ordain, pass, pass on, pass upon, patent, permit, play around with, practice upon, prescribe, privilege, probate, prove, put in force, put to trial, ratify, recheck, regulate, reinforce, research, road-test, rubber stamp, rubber-stamp, run a sample, sample, sanction, say amen to, seal, second, shake down, sign, sign and seal, strengthen, subscribe to, substantiate, support, sustain, swear and affirm, swear to, taste, test, triple-check, try, try it on, try out, undergird, undersign, underwrite, uphold, verify, visa, vise, warrant
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