vérifier French · revision 17038

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1296, records of the Parlement|origins=la-lat vērificō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ve.ʁi.fje/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vérifier'''^(Wiktionary)

+ The Académie spelled it ''verifier'' in 1694 and 1718, ''vérifier'' from 1740.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la-lat|vērificō|t=to present as true]], from [[m|la|vērus|t=true]] (see [[vrai]]) and [[m|la|faciō|t=to make]].^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)^(Wiktionary)^(FEW|14, 287a)

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+ Compare [[pro|verificar]] and [[it|verificare]].^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Texts on the Parlement of about 1296 use it in a legal sense, to register or ratify a document, that is, to accept it as true: ''seront vérifiées les rubriches''.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(BHVF) The sense lasted until the late 19th century, Voltaire still writes of verifying an edict.^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In 1402 it took the Latin sense “to prove true”, and later, reflexively, “to prove correct” (late 17th century, Bossuet).^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) Robert Estienne (1549) has “to confirm the truth of an assertion”, and Montaigne (1580) uses it of a thing that proves what was claimed: ''Ses exploits le verifient assez capitaine excellent''.^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873)

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+ Richelet (1680) records the modern sense, examining whether something matches the facts, with ''vérifier si'' from 1716; checking that something works properly, such as marine clocks, dates from 1797.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1296 – “To register, ratify”.^(TLFi)^(BHVF)

+ * 1402 – “To prove true”.^(TLFi)

+ * 1549 – To confirm an assertion, Robert Estienne.^(TLFi)

+ * 1580 – Of a thing that proves a claim, Montaigne.^(TLFi)

+ * 1680 – “To check against the facts”, Richelet.^(TLFi)

+ * 1797 – To check that something works.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|check]], [[m|en|verify]]: ''vérifier un calcul, une information'', ''vérifier si…''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To check that something is in order or working: ''vérifier les freins''.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

+ # To prove, confirm (of a fact or an experiment): ''l'expérience a vérifié l'hypothèse''.^(TLFi)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''Se vérifier'': to prove true.^(TLFi)

+ # ''(historical)'' To register (an edict).^(Grand Robert 2005)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[vérification]]

+ * [[vérificateur]]

+ * [[vérifiable]]

+ * [[invérifiable]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vérificatif]]

+ * [[vérité]]

+ * [[vrai]]

+ * [[la|vērus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}