authenticatedadj.
/ɔːˈθɛntᵻkeɪtᵻd/, U.S. /əˈθɛn(t)əˌkeɪdᵻd/, /ɔˈθɛn(t)əˌkeɪdᵻd/, /ɑˈθɛn(t)əˌkeɪdᵻd/ΚΠ
1635 T. Jackson Humiliation Sonne of God iv. xxvii. 305 To avoid this absurditie in their Authenticated Translation, the Sectaries of the Romish Church..would have us understand God himself.
a1687 W. Petty Polit. Anat. Ireland (1691) 109 Where the publick and new authenticated Denominations is part of a greater antiquated Denomination.
2. Of a statement, account, reputed fact, etc.: that has been proved to be true; confirmed by evidence; verified.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adjective] > authentic > authenticated
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1661 J. V. Canes Fiat Lux iv. 308 Nor are those saints lives so prodigious and incredible as we in England take them to be, I speak of solid authenticated legends.
1741 B. Martyn Acct. shewing Progress Colony of Georgia 34 He had just finished an authenticated Account of the State of the Colony.
1776 A. Smith Let. 5 Sept. in Corr. (1977) clxxii. 211 I propose to add to his life a very well authenticated account of his behaviour during his last Illness.
1846 ‘G. Eliot’ tr. D. F. Strauss Life Jesus I. i. iv. §32. 203 It is an authenticated point that the assessment..did not take place..under Herod.
1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 605 Authenticated instances of this are wanting.
1938 E. Waugh Scoop 21 A major in Wales challenged him categorically to produce a single authenticated case of a great crested grebe attacking young rabbits.
1973 Obstetr. & Gynecol. 41 317/2 Readers are invited to send me information regarding authenticated incidents of placentophagy by the human female.
2002 M. Holroyd Wks. on Paper 37 The biographer wants the best of both worlds—the artistic freedom to invent and the reliance on authenticated fact.
3. Of a document, artefact, artwork, etc.: that has been confirmed as genuine; proved not to be a fake or forgery.
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1706 Case of Deism 15 And now to forget your self, so soon, to disbelieve all Men in the Delivery of Records, and authenticated Writings, because there are some tricking and intriguing Persons?
1773 J. Allen Oration upon Beauties of Liberty Ded. p. vi I have seen what is said to be an authenticated copy of your Lordship's Letter to the Govenor of Rhode-Island.
1818 J. Keats Let. 23 Jan. (1958) I. 210 I was at Hunt's the other day, and he surprised me with a real authenticated Lock of Milton's Hair.
1882 J. T. Clarke tr. F. von Reber Hist. Anc. Art 318 The question will hardly be decided until authenticated sculptures by Calamis..have become known to science.
1927 V. Woolf To Lighthouse (1938) i. v. 34 The authenticated masterpiece by Michael Angelo.
1997 New Yorker 3 Nov. 63/3 A painstakingly authenticated collection of celebrity hair.
2003 F. C. Smith & R. G. Bace Guide to Forensic Testimony i. 14 The difference in value between a fake and an authenticated and accepted original can be several million dollars.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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