'Verifying' definitions:
Definition of 'verifying'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence" [syn: collateral, confirmative, confirming, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying]
Definition of 'Verifying'
From: GCIDE
- Verify \Ver"i*fy\ (v[e^]r"[i^]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Verified; p. pr. & vb. n. Verifying.] [F. v['e]rifier, LL. verificare, from L. verus true + -ficare to make. See Very, and -fy.]
- 1. To prove to be true or correct; to establish the truth of; to confirm; to substantiate. [1913 Webster]
- This is verified by a number of examples. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- So shalt thou best fulfill, best verify. The prophets old, who sung thy endless reign. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To confirm or establish the authenticity of by examination or competent evidence; to authenticate; as, to verify a written statement; to verify an account, a pleading, or the like. [1913 Webster]
- To verify our title with their lives. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To maintain; to affirm; to support. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]