deauthenticate

verb — 2 senses

deauthenticate

verb

Etymology From de- + authenticate.

1

To reject as authentic; to falsify or disprove.

  • In the hand of what person soever it be alleged by the witness to be, a case may happen in which it may be material (though at the expense of a distinct enquiry) to authenticate or deauthenticate it by ulterior evidence.1827, Jeremy Bentham, Rationale of Judicial Evidence:
2

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences To revoke the authentication of; to cause no longer to be authenticated.

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