authenticate
adjEtymology From authentic + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
1
Synonym of authentic.
authenticate
verbUK /ɒˈθɛn.tɪ.keɪt/ · US /ɔˈθɛn.tɪ.keɪt/
Etymology Borrowed from Medieval Latin authenticō. By surface analysis, authentic + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
1
To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.
2
To prove authentic; to determine as real and true.
- He didn’t manage to authenticate the portrait: it’s probably a fake.
- The server could not authenticate the request.
- Synonyms
- authentify
- Derived terms
- authenticatable, authentication, authenticator, deauthenticate, reauthenticate, self-authenticating, unauthenticated
- Related terms
- authentification
- Coordinate terms
- identify