ALL meanings of authenticate
au·then·ti·cate
A a - verb authenticate If you authenticate something, you state officially that it is genuine after examining it. 3
- verb authenticate If you authenticate something, you prove or confirm that it is true. 3
- verb authenticate to establish as genuine or valid 3
- verb authenticate to give authority or legal validity to 3
- verb transitive authenticate to make authentic or valid 3
- verb transitive authenticate to establish the truth of; verify 3
- verb transitive authenticate to prove to be genuine or as represented 3
- noun authenticate Prove or show (something, esp. a claim or an artistic work) to be true or genuine. 1
- transitive verb authenticate verify, confirm as genuine 1
- verb with object authenticate to establish as genuine. 1
- verb with object authenticate to establish the authorship or origin of conclusively or unquestionably, chiefly by the techniques of scholarship: to authenticate a painting. 1
- verb with object authenticate to make authoritative or valid. 1
- verb authenticate To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit. 0
- verb authenticate To prove authentic; to determine as real and true; as, to authenticate a portrait. 0