authenticate

English

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ɔ.ˈθɛn.tɪ.keɪt/
(cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ɑ.ˈθɛn.tɪ.keɪt/

Etymology

authentic +‎ -ate

Verb

authenticate (third-person singular simple present authenticates, present participle authenticating, simple past and past participle authenticated)

(transitive) To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.
(transitive) To prove authentic; to determine as real and true.
He didn't manage to authenticate the portrait: it's probably a fake.

Translations

to render authentic

Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} проверявам автентичността на (proverjavam avtentičnostta na)
Catalan: autenticar (ca)
Dutch: authentiseren (nl)
Estonian: tõendama
Finnish: todentaa (fi), todistaa oikeaksi

German: authentifizieren (de), ausweisen (de)
Hungarian: hitelesít (hu)
Maori: whakamotuhēhē, whakatūturu
Portuguese: autenticar (pt)
Spanish: autentificar (es), autenticar (es)

to prove authentic

Bulgarian: удостоверявам (bg) (udostoverjavam), ^{(please verify)} установявам автентичността на (ustanovjavam avtentičnostta na)
Catalan: autenticar (ca)
Danish: autentificere
Dutch: authentiseren (nl)
Estonian: tõendama
Finnish: todentaa (fi), todistaa oikeaksi

French: authentifier (fr)
German: authentifizieren (de)
Hungarian: eredetiséget megállapít
Maori: whakamotuhēhē
Portuguese: autenticar (pt)
Spanish: autentificar (es), autenticar (es)

Adjective

authenticate (comparative more authenticate, superlative most authenticate)

Synonym of authentic.

References

authenticate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.