AUTHENTICATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they authenticate ... he / she / it authenticates

Past simple: authenticated

Past participle: authenticated

-ing form: authenticating

Meaning:

Establish the authenticity of something

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "authenticate" is one way to...):

attest; certify; demonstrate; evidence; manifest (provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes)

"Authenticate" entails doing...:

verify (confirm the truth of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "authenticate"):

prove (obtain probate of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

authentication (validating the authenticity of something or someone)

authentication (a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity)

authenticator (one who determines authenticity (as of works of art) or who guarantees validity)