verify Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb confirm the truth of
    • Please verify that the doors are closed
    • verify a claim
  2. verb check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard
    control.
    • Are you controlling for the temperature?
  3. verb attach or append a legal verification to (a pleading or petition)
  4. verb to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
    avow; affirm; swan; assert; swear; aver.
    • Before God I swear I am innocent

WordNet

Ver"i*fy transitive verb
Etymology
Verb + -fy.
Definitions
  1. To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize. R. Earle.
Ver"i*fy transitive verb
Etymology
F. vérifier, LL. verificare, from L. verus true + -ficare to make. See Very, and -fy.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Verified ; present participle & verbal noun Verifying
Definitions
  1. To prove to be true or correct; to establish the truth of; to confirm; to substantiate.
    This is verified by a number of examples. Bacon.
    So shalt thou best fulfill, best verify. The prophets old, who sung thy endless reign. Milton.
  2. To confirm or establish the authenticity of by examination or competent evidence; to authenciate; as, to verify a written statement; to verify an account, a pleading, or the like.
    To verify our title with their lives. Shak.
  3. To maintain; to affirm; to support. Obs. Shak.

Webster 1913