to verify a statement

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• verify — v.tr. ( ies, ied) 1 establish the truth or correctness of by examination or demonstration (must verify the statement; verified my figures). 2 (of an event etc.) bear out or fulfil (a prediction or promise). 3 Law append an affidavit to… …   Useful english dictionary

• verify — ver·i·fy / ver ə ˌfī/ vt fied, fy·ing [Anglo French verifier, from Medieval Latin verificare, from Latin verus true + ficare to make] 1: to confirm or substantiate by oath, affidavit, or deposition verify a motion 2: to establish the truth,… …   Law dictionary

• Verify — Ver i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Verified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Verifying}.] [F. v[ e]rifier, LL. verificare, from L. verus true + ficare to make. See {Very}, and fy.] 1. To prove to be true or correct; to establish the truth of; to confirm; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• verify — To check either the proper destination of mail by piece by piece examination or the rates claimed on a postage statement with the actual mailing it accompanies. (Also see plant verified drop shipment) (Also called spike) …   Glossary of postal terms

• verify — ► VERB (verifies, verified) 1) make sure or demonstrate that (something) is true, accurate, or justified. 2) Law swear to or support (a statement) by affidavit. DERIVATIVES verifiable adjective verification noun verifier noun …   English terms dictionary

• verify — verb verified, verifying (T) 1 to find out if a fact, statement etc is correct or true; check: verify sth with sb: These details must be verified with the Home Office. | verify that: The bank will have to verify that you are the owner of the… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• verify — 01. We just have to phone the head office to [verify] your credit card. 02. Before accepting payment by check, please [verify] the amount, and the date. 03. The professor will be [verifying] your footnotes to make sure your research is authentic …   Grammatical examples in English

• verify — ver|i|fy [ˈverıfaı] v past tense and past participle verified present participle verifying third person singular verifies [T] formal [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: verifier, from Medieval Latin verificare, from Latin verus; VERY2] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• verify — To test the accuracy of a statement or an account. To substantiate the truth of a statement or of an account by formal oath, in other words, to make a verification. Watts v Gerking, I I I Or 641, 228 P 135, 34 ALR 1489, 1495. See verification …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• verify — [ vɛrɪfʌɪ] verb (verifies, verifying, verified) 1》 make sure or demonstrate that (something) is true, accurate, or justified. 2》 Law swear to or support (a statement) by affidavit. Derivatives verifiable adjective verifiably adverb …   English new terms dictionary

• Trust, but verify — was a signature phrase adopted and made famous by U.S. president Ronald Reagan. Reagan frequently used it when discussing U.S. relations with the Soviet Union. Reagan rightly presented it as a translation of the Russian proverb doveryai, no… …   Wikipedia