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Grammar : Verb
Spell : ver-uh-fahy
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɛr əˌfaɪ



Definition of verify

Origin :
  • early 14c., from Old French verifier, from Medieval Latin verificare "make true," from Latin verus "true" (see very) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious).
  • verb confirm, validate
Example sentences :
  • Pausing only to verify the number, he sprang up the steps and found the bell-button.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • Look closely to the spelling of proper names and verify titles.
  • Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr
  • There was not a waiter in the house who would not verify that statement on oath.
  • Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu
  • This, about the discovery of America, however, I can not verify with anything from Sanchuniathon.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • She had calculated correctly that he would not go out to verify her account.
  • Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
  • We may be able to add a good deal to them from our own experience, and we may verify them by it.
  • Extract from : « Theaetetus » by Plato
  • Then he plunged into the enclosure, to verify in mortification that Dr. Blood was not at home.
  • Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
  • My dear boy, I intend to tell you all that I know and can verify.
  • Extract from : « The Crevice » by William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander
  • You could, however, recognize it, and be able to verify your signature?
  • Extract from : « The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • I am able, as well as any man, to verify the truth of this axiom.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

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