# verify

Pronunciation: US say "VER-i-fy" /ˈvɛɹɪfaɪ/; UK

## Verb

1. To confirm or test that something is true or accurate.
   - Simple: To check that something is really true or correct.
   - _Auditors verify every figure in the report against the original receipts._
   - _She verified the witness's account by reviewing the security footage._
2. To establish the truth of something by providing proof or evidence.
   - Simple: To show that something is true by giving proof.
   - _Historians verify ancient accounts using archaeological evidence._
   - _The lab results verified the doctor's original diagnosis._
3. To affirm something formally under oath, as in a sworn legal statement.
   - Simple: To swear in a formal, legal way that something is true.
   - _Witnesses verify their depositions under oath before signing them._
   - _The plaintiff verified the complaint under penalty of perjury._

## Origin

From Old French verifier (modern French vérifier), from Medieval Latin vērificāre meaning "make true," formed from Latin vērus ("true") plus faciō ("do, make").

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