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verify, v.|ˈvɛrɪfaɪ|
Forms: 4–6 veryfy, 5 -fye, Sc. weryfy, 6 veryfie; 4–7 verifie (5, 7 verrifie), 6 verifye, 5– verify (4 ferify); 4–6 verefy (5 -effy, 6 Sc. vare-, warefy), verefye (6 Sc. werafye), 5–6 verefie.
[ad. OF. verifier (1348; = mod.F. vérifier, Sp., Pg., Pr. verificar, It. verificare), ad. med.L. vērificāre, f. L. vērus true.]
1. trans. Law. To prove by good evidence or valid testimony; to testify or affirm formally or upon oath. Also const. that, and to with inf.
a1325[see verifying vbl. n.]. c1450Godstow Reg. 638 [The abbess appeared, denying] þat she leuied or causid ony noiinge or turnid ony course of watur as hit was presentid afore, & þat she is a-redi to verifie. c1482in Cal. Proc. Chanc. Q. Eliz. (1830) II. Pref. 65 Alle whiche maters the seid Richard is redy to verifie and prove, as this court woll awarde. 1533–4Act 25 Hen. VIII, c. 12 ⁋1 To the intent to maynteyne, upholde, and veryfie suche reporte as he had made. 1561in Maitl. Club Misc. III. 289 The saidis George and Wiliam diaconis warefyis That thai lawfullie chergit ye said Mr. Thomas Meffen..to compeyr. 1579W. Wilkinson Confut. Fam. Love Brief Descr. iij b, Iohn Careles in his examination by Doctor Martin verifieth that to bee true, whiche..those two were burdened withall by Steuen Norish. 1632–3Canterb. Marriage Licences (MS.), Catherine Whitfield..is expressly consenting to this intended marriage, as is verified by Thomas Hatcher. 1689Acta Parlt. Scotl. (1875) XII. 66/1 The Heraulds who denunced the viscount of Dundee at the mercat cross..did verefie þeir executiones upon oath. [1768Blackstone Comm. III. 312 In any stage of the pleadings, when either side advances or affirms any new matter, he usually..avers it to be true; ‘and this he is ready to verify’.] 1786Burke W. Hastings Wks. XII. 192 The said charge to be verified by the oath of the said Frazer. 1838W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. 1028 He must be prepared with a cautioner..at giving in his defences, unless he instantly verify a defence excluding the action. 1884Law Times Rep. 10 May 320 The Court..ordered that the receiver should withdraw and verify his accounts by affidavit.
b. In general use: To testify to, to assert, to affirm or confirm, as true or certain. Now rare.
1525Ld. Berners Froiss. II. cc. 252 b/2 The landes, seignories, lordshippes, and baronyes in Acquytayne, whiche they verifyed to pertaygne to the kynge and realme of Englande. 1586Day Eng. Secretary ii. (1625) 20 Him, whose approued fidelity for that it remaineth of no small record to my certaine knowledge, I will presume to verifie. 1600Holland Livy xxxix. xlix. 1054 At first the tidings seemed so incredible, that the formost messenger was held..for a vaine lyar..: but after that there came one after another, and all with one voice verefied and affirmed the same. 1608Topsell Serpents 19 So that it may as truly be verified of the Serpent as it was of Esau, that the hands of all men and beastes are against them. 1617Moryson Itin. i. 239 This Novice at his confession made this knowne and after verified as much to the Guardian and chiefe Friars. 1866Meredith Vittoria xxxix, ‘Does Major Weisspriess know it to be true?’ The question came from Anna. Weisspriess coolly verified it, on the faith of a common servant's communication.
c. To support or back up by testimony.
1607Shakes. Cor. v. ii. 17, I haue euer verified my Friends..with all the size that verity would without lapsing suffer.
2. To show to be true by demonstration or evidence; to confirm the truth or authenticity of; to substantiate:
a. Of persons. Now rare.
c1386Chaucer Can. Yeom. Prol. & T. 515 As witnessen thise olde wyse; And that ful soone I wol it verifie In this Chanon. 1406Hoccleve La Male Regle 35 ‘Prosperitee is blynd’:..And verifie I can wel it is so. c1425Audelay XI Pains Hell 211 in O.E. Misc. 217 In erþ, þe fyndis þem verefyd, [The soul] Dispisid godis laus euerechon. c1500Melusine i. 16 Be nat you displesed yf I haue recounted vnto you this auenture, For it is for to adiouste more of feyth, & for to veryfy thistory. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. (Rolls) II. 250 This suith example..I verifie ma richt weill be the Britis. 1582Bentley Mon. Matrones iii. 286 Verifie Lord the words on me, drawe me after thee. 1595Shakes. John ii. i. 277, I bring you Witnesses Twice fifteene thousand hearts of Englands breed,..To verifie our title with their liues. 1627Lisander & Cal. v. 87 [He] only desired to cleer so dangerous a suspicion, and never to speake of it but when he could verifie it. 1671Milton P.R. i. 133 Gabriel this day by proof thou shalt behold..how I begin To verifie that solemn message late, On which I sent thee. 1782J. Brown View Nat. & Rev. Relig. v. ii. 430 The covenant-form of this law is not changed; and God hath verified it in the..dreadful sufferings of his only begotten Son. 1828Webster s.v., The first act of the house of representatives is to verify the powers, by exhibiting their credentials to a committee of the house, or other proper authority.
b. Of things, or in passive.
c1449Pecock Repr. i. x. 53 Therfore neuer neither of tho ij. textis..serueth neither forto grounde neither forto verrifie the seid firste opinioun. c1475Mankind 9 in Macro Plays 1 Þat may be seyde & veryfyede: mankynde was dere bought. 1508Kennedie Flyting w. Dunbar 354 In to thy mowis and mokis It may be verifeit that thy wit is thin. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 150 If this myght be verefied of us in dede, it were..detestable to be heard of. 1583T. Stocker Civ. Warres Lowe C. ii. 63 The prince greatly marueileth that such great learned men..would set downe and propound such matters, as neuer can nor shalbe any way verified. 1651Hobbes Leviath. ii. xxvi. 142 The knowledge of the publique Registers, publique Counsels, publique Ministers, and publique Seales; by which all Lawes are sufficiently verified. 1756Mitchell in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. ii. IV. 376 All which has been verified by the examination of the persons in whose company he was. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. v. I. 629 The strongest evidence by which the fact of a death was ever verified. 1876Mozley Univ. Serm. iii. (1877) 55 The same scene of action which brought the rational expectation brings also the event which tests and verifies the correctness of it.
3. In passive: To be proved true or correct by the result or event, or by some confirming fact or circumstance; to be fulfilled or accomplished in this way.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) I. 213 So þat now beeþ ferified þe vers þat Hildebertus..made. c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) xxxiv. 154 Þus es þe prophecy verified. 1456Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 10 That is ane office of ane angel, to..bring the hye new tydingis, the quhilk is verifyit be the haly writt. 1462–3Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 268 Scripture saithe heritage holdyn wrongfully Schal never cheve..As hathe be verified late ful playne. 1527Prose Life St. Brandan (Percy) 49 Than the sayenge of Saynt Brandon was veryfyed. 1567J. Maplet Gr. Forest 38 The old Prouerbe is herein verified: the ill weede ouercroppeth the good corne. 1631Gouge God's Arrows iii. §6. 192 The like hath been verified time after time. 1667Milton P.L. x. 182 So spake this Oracle, then verifi'd When Jesus..Saw Satan fall like Lightning down from Heav'n. 1736Butler Anal. i. vi. Wks. 1874 I. 123 This reasoning from fact is confirmed, and..verified, by other facts. 1799Ht. Lee Canterb. T., Frenchm. T. (ed. 2) I. 221 Of these doubts one only was verified. 1812H. & J. Smith Rej. Addr. x, Professions lavishly effused and parsimoniously verified are..inconsistent. 1852C. M. Yonge Cameos I. xxxiv. 286 The Pope's suspicions were verified. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) IV. 226 The picture..is verified in the course of the dialogue.
b. Const. in, of, on, or upon.
1387–8T. Usk Test. Love i. i. (Skeat) l. 71 God graunt that proposicion to be verifyed in me. a1400Apol. Loll. (Camden) 8 And þe pope is Petir's vicar, þerfor it be howfiþ to trowe þat þis feiþ is verifiȝed of him. 1456Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 4 The prophecyes..be verifyit in ȝour maist noble and worthy princehede. 1530Rastell Bk. Purgat. i. vii, Everythynge in the world is verefyed upon one of them. 1577J. Northbrooke Dicing (1843) 153 And as this was spoken of the Phariseys, I feare me it may be likewise verified in vs. 1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. lxix. §2 That which is vttered of the time, is not verified of time it selfe, but agreeth vnto those things which are in time. c1645Howell Lett. (1650) I. 242 If he doth, I fear it will be verified in him, that a ‘fool and his money is soon parted’. 1719De Foe Crusoe ii. (Globe) 387 It is true, they..made Fences; but Solomon's Words were never better verified than in them. 1768Sterne Sent. Journ., Dwarf I. 191, I..content myself with the truth only of the remark, which is verified in every lane and by-lane of Paris.
c. Used actively of the circumstances, person, etc., serving as proof or confirmation.
c1430Hymns Virg. 127 For soth then y sobbed Veryfyyng thys wordys. c1450Mirk's Festial 152 The fyrst [cause] ys, forto verefy þe fayþ of his resurreccyon. 1530Palsgr. 765/2 He hath nowe verifyed my sayenges. 1598R. Barckley Felic. Man ii. (1603) 72 The Temple fell downe and verified the answere of the oracle. 1631Gouge God's Arrows i. §25. 37 The issue verifieth thus much. 1659Milton Hirelings 9 A voice [was] heard from heaven..crying aloud, This day is poison pourd into the church. Which the event soon after verifi'd. 1671― P.R. iii. 177 So shall thou best fullfil, best verifie The Prophets old, who sung thy endless raign. 1785J. Trusler Mod. Times III. 47 The case of Wheble, the bookseller, verifies this assertion. 1860Tyndall Glac. ii. xv. 308 The measurements of Agassiz..completely verify the anticipations of Rendu. 1870J. Bruce Life Gideon xiii. 229 The people themselves did verify this pregnant saying of the Lord by their own immediate conduct.
†d. refl. To demonstrate or prove (oneself) to be of a certain character. Obs.
c1586C'tess Pembroke Ps. lxxvi. v, And so him self [the Lord] most terrible doth verify, In terrifying kings. 1596Drayton Leg., Dk. Normandie cxxxiv, Fortune..Turned her selfe, as shee away would flie,..As what she was, her selfe to verifie.
4. To ascertain or test the accuracy or correctness of (something), esp. by examination or by comparison with known data, an original, or some standard; to check or correct in this way.
1527R. Thorne in Hakluyt Voy. (1589) 254 For this cause can be no certaine situation of that coast and Islands, till this difference betwixt them be verified. 1559W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 162 When you will verifie your nedle..you shall use the healpe of the Sunne. 1774M. Mackenzie Maritime Surv. ii. i. 67 To verify these protracted Distances, go to any of the Objects, as D, take the Bearing of X and Y, to find if they agree with the Protraction. 1796H. Hunter tr. St.-Pierre's Stud. Nat. (1799) III. 18 Let us now proceed to verify the elongation of the Poles. 1802M. Edgeworth Moral T., Forester, A Clerk, Hours..spent in casting up and verifying accounts. 1834H. Martineau Demerara iii. 43, I have seen a calculation and I mean to verify it. 1848H. H. Wilson Brit. India III. 237 Capt. Dillon was..sent back..to verify the reported existence of some of the survivors of the wreck. 1875Chambers's Jrnl. No. 133. 7 A set of instruments which have been properly verified at Kew Observatory.
b. To establish by investigation.
1801Med. Jrnl. V. 386 A medical committee was appointed to verify the phænomena which precede, accompany, and follow the Vaccine Inoculation. 1854Badham Halieut. 537 In reading over various poetic bills of fare preserved by Athenæus, we have verified twenty-six species in one Attic supper. 1880Barwell Aneurism 52 If..the disease [be] verified as seated on the second or third part of the subclavian vessel.
5. To give the appearance of truth to; to cause to appear true or authentic. rare.
1581[see verifying vbl. n.]. 1768H. Walpole Hist. Doubts 99 All Henry's art and power could never verify the cheat of Perkin. 1815Scott Guy M. xl, He assumed the name and profession of his friend Dudley, having command enough of the pencil to verify his pretended character to his host of Allonby.
Hence ˈverifying ppl. a.
1634Wood New Eng. Prosp. (1865) 61 A false asseveration usually winneth more beleefe than two verifying negatives can resettle. 1870J. Bruce Life Gideon xxiii. 412 An appendix..of verifying deeds and documents. 1884R. Burn in Athenæum 15 Nov. 630/3 Its [i.e. archæology's] verifying and corrective spirit in historical investigations. |