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1. Declare or make legally valid
   - formalize, formalise [Brit]
    
2. Prove valid; show or confirm the validity of something
    
3. Give evidence for
   - corroborate
    
4. Make valid or confirm the validity of
   "validate a ticket"

Derived forms: validating, validates, validated

Type of: affirm, alter, authorise [Brit], authorize, change, clear, confirm, corroborate, modify, pass, reassert, substantiate, support, sustain

Antonym: invalidate

Encyclopedia: Validate