Definition of Verify

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Verify

To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize.

To prove to be true or correct; to establish the truth of; to confirm; to substantiate.

To confirm or establish the authenticity of by examination or competent evidence; to authenciate; as, to verify a written statement; to verify an account, a pleading, or the like.

To maintain; to affirm; to support.

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Verify Quotations

Trust, but verify.
Ronald Reagan

Have you ever seen people so ugly that you have to get someone else to verify it?
Jeff Foxworthy

Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths.
Bertrand Russell

One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes or NO.
Thomas Carlyle

In the latter case life rests upon a thousand presuppositions which the individual can never trace back to their origins, and verify; but which he must accept upon faith and belief.
Georg Simmel

At my age, you need to verify that everything is fine. I put a lot of pressure on my body, and I feel sometimes pain in my back and in my knees, so I have to be sure that I can keep on training hard before going on.
Hermann Maier

Search for the truth. I tell you things and I always ask you to verify what I say. I told you yesterday that there was an attack and a retreat at Saddam's airport.
Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

Even if it had not been possible to reproduce the disease in animals and consequently to verify the hypothesis, this simple observation would have been sufficient to demonstrate the way in which the disease was propagated.
Charles Jules Henry Nicole

Well, I think we still have to verify whatever declaration we will get and make sure that it is comprehensive and accurate. So, that would take care of the past activities.
Mohamed ElBaradei

In properly organized groups no faith is required; what is required is simply a little trust and even that only for a little while, for the sooner a man begins to verify all he hears the better it is for him.
G. I. Gurdjieff

Verify Translations

verify in Afrikaans is kontroleer
verify in Danish is kontrolere
verify in Dutch is controleren, checken, aflezen
verify in Italian is verificare, esaminare
verify in Portuguese is verifique
verify in Spanish is comprobar

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