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1. Confirm the truth of
   "Please verify that the doors are closed"; "verify a claim"
    
2. Check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard
   - control
    
3. Attach or append a legal verification to (a pleading or petition)
    
4. To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
   - affirm, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear

Derived forms: verified, verifies, verifying

See also: verifiable, verification, verificatory, verifier

Type of: affirm, confirm, corroborate, declare, essay, examine, prove, reassert, substantiate, support, sustain, test, trial, try, try out

Encyclopedia: Verify