authenticate
/ɔˈθɛn.tɪ.keɪt/ verb C1- To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.
- To prove authentic; to determine as real and true. · He didn’t manage to authenticate the portrait: it’s probably a fake.· The server could not authenticate the request.
He/she/it authenticates · Past authenticated · Past participle authenticated · -ing form authenticating
Verb forms
- Base form
- authenticate
- He/she/it
- authenticates
- Past
- authenticated
- Past participle
- authenticated
- -ing form
- authenticating
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