authenticate

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /ɔ.ˈθɛn.tɪ.keɪt/
• (cot-caught) IPA: /ɑ.ˈθɛn.tɪ.keɪt/

Verb

authenticate (authenticates, present participle authenticating; past and past participle authenticated)

1. (transitive) To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.
2. (transitive) To prove authentic; to determine as real and true.

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

Translations

• German: authentifizieren, ausweisen
• Portuguese: autenticar
• Spanish: autentificar, autenticar

Translations

• French: authentifier
• German: authentifizieren, beglaubigen
• Portuguese: autenticar
• Spanish: autentificar, autenticar

Adjective

authenticate

1. Synonym of authentic#English|authentic.

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