authenticated
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Authenticate \Au*then"ti*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Authenticated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Authenticating} (?).] [Cf.
LL. authenticare.]
1. To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof,
attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient
to entitle to credit.
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The king serves only as a notary to authenticate the
choice of judges. --Burke.
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2. To prove authentic; to determine as real and true; as, to
authenticate a portrait. --Walpole.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
67 Moby Thesaurus words for "authenticated":
accepted, acknowledged, actual, admitted, affirmed, allowed,
approved, ascertained, attested, avowed, borne out,
categorically true, certain, certified, circumstantiated, conceded,
confessed, confirmed, corroborated, countersigned, demonstrated,
determined, documentary, effectual, endorsed, established, factual,
fixed, granted, historical, not in error, notarized,
objectively true, professed, proved, proven, ratified, real,
received, recognized, sealed, settled, shown, signed, stamped,
substantiated, sure-enough, sworn and affirmed, sworn to, true,
true as gospel, truthful, unconfuted, undenied, underwritten,
undoubted, unerroneous, unfallacious, unfalse, unmistaken,
unquestionable, unrefuted, validated, veracious, verified,
veritable, warranted
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