Word Finder - authenticate

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Of the same origin as claimed; genuine.

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The experts confirmed it was an authentic signature.

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Conforming to reality and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief.

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The report was completely authentic.

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(of a Gregorian mode) Having the final as the lowest note of the mode.

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Authoritative

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To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.

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To prove authentic; to determine as real and true.

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He didn't manage to authenticate the portrait: it's probably a fake.

Its primary object was to authenticate the relics of St James at Compostella.

However, to authenticate the piece, you'll have to look inside.

Antique and estate rings, for example, should be accompanied with an appraisal to authenticate their value - the cost of the appraisal can help the couple avoid potential poor deals from imposter rings.

Encryption has the power to authenticate the identity of these authors to their partners abroad, and protect their identity from despots at home.

Whether you are reselling the gold or expect your children or grandchildren to resell the bullion, the certificate will authenticate the gold and make it easier on the sellers to negotiate prices.

They have the experience and knowledge to help you know what to look for, where to find it and how to authenticate its accuracy.

Look for sellers with high customer ratings and who are offering the Burberry dust cover and a copy of their original receipt so that you can authenticate its source.

If you can't find a match, it's possible the watch you're attempting to authenticate is not an antique timepiece.

It hard to differentiate these glossy reproductions from the authenticate originals.

Unfortunately, the supporting infrastructure does not enable the browsers to properly authenticate the origin of these proxy settings.

The default value is no, which allows users to be trusted once they successfully authenticate themselves.

The best-known series is the papal series of leaden seals which have lent their name to the documents of the papal chancery which they authenticate, popularly known as papal " bulls."

Rings with the original design that pre-date World War II and before the Asscher Diamond Company reformed in 1945, are harder to find and to authenticate.

Furthermore, this belief that prophecy had ceased led the religious personalities of the later time to authenticate their message by means of antedated prophecy.

It contains all the details used to authenticate a cardholder.

His last chemical paper, published in 1788, on the "Conversion of a mixture of dephlogisticated and phlogisticated air into nitrous acid by the electric spark," describes measures he took to authenticate the truth of the experiment described in the 1785 paper, which had "since been tried by persons of distinguished ability in such pursuits without success."

The legend probably originated in a desire to authenticate the relics in the abbey of Saint Denis, supposed to have been brought to Aix by Charlemagne, and is preserved in a 12th-century romance, Le Voyage de Charlemagne a Jerusalem et a Constantinople.'