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▪ I. † ˈvalidate, ppl. a. Sc. Obs.—1
In 6 -at.
[ad. med.L. validāt-us, pa. pple. of validāre: see next.]
Valid, validated.
1586Reg. Privy Council Scot. IV. 103 To be als validat ane Act of Parliament as the former.
▪ II. validate, v.|ˈvælɪdeɪt|
[f. med.L. validāt-, ppl. stem of validāre (1394 in Du Cange), or after F. valider (1586 in Godef. Compl.; = Sp. and Pg. validar, It. validare): see valid a. and -ate3. Cf. invalidate v.]
1. a. trans. To render or declare legally valid; to confirm the validity of (an act, contract, deed, etc.); to legalize.
a1648Ld. Herbert Hen. VIII (1683) 209 Henry consented, that..the marriage betwixt Francis and Leonora..should be validated and confirmed. 1659in Burton's Diary (1828) IV. 435 You only establish quantum in vobis est, without either validating or invalidating the Acts and Ordinances for the Excise. 1706J. Sergeant Acc. Chapter Bp. Chalcedon (1853) 121 The long prescription it has enjoyed, which alone is able to validate and confirm it. 1750Carte Hist. Eng. II. 859 Pope Julius II..granted a dispensation..for validating the contract [of marriage] if it had been already made. 1801Jefferson Writ. (1830) III. 477 It is true the treaty was not ratified; but when ratified it is validated retrospectively. 1849–50Alison Hist. Europe I. v. §49. 607 The question of the royal sanction being required to validate the acts of the legislature. 1880Muirhead Gaius ii. §220 The legacy will be invalid by the civil law; but it will be validated by the Senatus-consult.
b. spec. [Now after F. valider.] To declare (an election) valid; to declare (a person) duly and properly elected.
1658–9in Burton's Diary (1828) III. 75 Have an account brought in to validate the members for Scotland and Ireland. 1883Daily News 25 June 5/3 The Chamber has validated the election for Passy of M. Cailla.
2. a. To make valid or of good authority; to confirm or corroborate; to substantiate or support.
1775C. Johnston Pilgrim 250 The lawyer found convenient witnesses to prove a marriage,..and every circumstance necessary to validate his scheme. 1775S. J. Pratt Liberal Opin. xlviii. (1783) II. 14, I intend my memoirs shall serve as the counterpart of his; and both will indisputedly prove and validate the peculiar truth of these singular sentiments. 1803Miss Porter Thaddeus (1826) III. xvi. 341 Come, Lord Berrington, you must validate my report, for I learnt it of you. 1872Contemp. Rev. XX. 395 The eschatological idea shared the fortunes of the theological, was with it materialized, spiritualized, impersonalized, validated, or dissolved.
b. To examine for incorrectness or bias; to confirm or check the correctness of.
1957Kendall & Buckland Dict. Statistical Terms 309 A sample of human beings is partly validated by comparing, inter alia, its sex and age constitution with the known figures for the population from which it was chosen. 1963Laden & Gildersleeve System Design for Computer Applications iii. 33 Because of this power of the control total to validate individual fields of data, the control total approach to the validation of a field is sometimes chosen in preference to performing some type of validation check on each field as it comes up. 1967Oxford Computer Explained 20 Run 1. Reads the paper-tape Input, validates it (reporting any errors) and converts suitable records to magnetic tape. 1967D. Wilson in Wills & Yearsley Handbk. Management Technol. 44 Figure 3.1 outlines the basic steps for validating (editing), processing.., and recording the output. 1979Sci. Amer. Feb. 58/2 With this unique record it should be possible to construct (and validate) new, highly realistic models of atmospheric circulation. 1980C. S. French Computer Sci. xxxi. 269 The transaction tape is already validated and sequenced in the order of the master file.
Hence validated ppl. a.; ˈvalidating vbl. n.
a1648Ld. Herbert Hen. VIII (1683) 409 An act also..was now confirmed and the Oath prescribed, for the more Validating whereof also, it was declared [etc.]. 1893Westm. Gaz. 5 Dec. 7/1 Nearly all the validated deputies..voted. 1965A. G. Favret Introd. Digital Computer Applications xii. 184 Both the master file and the validated transactions are stored on magnetic tape reels and used as input. 1965P. Caws Philos. of Sci. xxvi. 193 A validated theory requires statements which are both significant and true. |