verify English · revision 15276

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=before 1325|origins=la vērus, la faciō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈvɛɹɪfaɪ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|verifien]], [[bor|fro|verifier|t=to substantiate]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[la-med|vērificō|t=to make true]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from [[la|vērus|t=true]] (see [[very]]) and [[m|la|-ficō]], from [[m|la|faciō|t=to make]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To prove true, confirm, first as a legal term, to prove by evidence: before 1325 in the OED and Barnhart, the early 14th century in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ To be proved true by the result, as of a prophecy, is from 1387.^(OED 1989) In general use, to affirm or confirm as true, it is from 1525,^(OED 1989) and to ascertain the correctness of something, to check, from the 16th century.^(Hoad 1986) Verification is from the 14th century, and verifiable from 1593.^(Hoad 1986)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 1325 – to prove by evidence (law).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1387 – to be proved true by events.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1525 – to confirm.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1593 – verifiable.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To check or establish the truth or accuracy of something.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To prove to be true; to [[confirm]] or [[substantiate]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(law)'' To affirm formally or under oath; to add a verification to a pleading.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[verifier]]

+ * [[verifiability]]

+ * [[verifiable]]

+ * [[preverify]]

+ * [[verification]]

+ * [[reverify]]

+ * [[unverified]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[verity]]

+ * [[very]]

+ * [[veritable]]

+ * [[verdict]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}