verify
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To substantiate or prove the truth of something
- (transitive) To confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
- (transitive) To affirm something formally, under oath
Etymology
Root from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁- (true, benevolent, blow).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*weh₁-
Gloss
true, benevolent, blow
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nonverifiable English
- reverifiable English
- reverify English
- unaverred English
- unverifiability English
- unverifiable English
- unverified English
- unverify English
- veridical English
- verifiability English
- verifiable English
- verifiableness English
- verifiably English
- verification English
- verifier English
- verifiest English
- verifieth English
- verisimilar English
- verisimilitude English
- veritably English
- voir dire English
- *advērāre Latin
- verac- Latin
- verifico Latin
- veritabilis Latin
- verus Latin
- vēritās Latin
- vēritātem Latin
- vērāx Latin
- *weh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *weh₁ros Proto-Indo-European
- *lugô Proto-Germanic
- *wēingan- Proto-Germanic
- wǣrloga Old English
- averrement Old French
- verdit Old French