validate
/ˈvæl.ɪ.deɪt/ verb C1- To render valid.
- To check or prove the validity of; verify.
- To have its validity successfully proven. · The data file cannot be imported because it doesn't validate.
He/she/it validates · Past validated · Past participle validated · -ing form validating
Verb forms
- Base form
- validate
- He/she/it
- validates
- Past
- validated
- Past participle
- validated
- -ing form
- validating
From the library
The offender must look the aggrieved party in the eye, metaphorically or literally, and validate their pain without caveat or justification.
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