单词 | authenticate |
释义 | authenticate —authenticatable, adj. —authentication, n. /aw then"ti kayt'/, v.t., authenticated, authenticating. 1. to establish as genuine. 2. to establish the authorship or origin of conclusively or unquestionably, chiefly by the techniques of scholarship: to authenticate a painting. 3. to make authoritative or valid. [1565-75; < ML authenticatus made authentic (ptp. of authenticare). See AUTHENTIC, -ATE1] Syn. 1. confirm, validate, substantiate. |
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