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AUTHENTICATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they authenticate ... he / she / it authenticates
Past simple: authenticated
Past participle: authenticated
-ing form: authenticating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Establish the authenticity of something
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "authenticate" is one way to...):
attest; certify; demonstrate; evidence; manifest (provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes)
"Authenticate" entails doing...:
verify (confirm the truth of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "authenticate"):
prove (obtain probate of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
authentication (validating the authenticity of something or someone)
authentication (a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity)
authenticator (one who determines authenticity (as of works of art) or who guarantees validity)
