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authenticate

verb
/ɒˈθɛn.tɪ.keɪt/UK/ɔˈθɛn.tɪ.keɪt/US/ɑˈθɛn.tɪ.keɪt/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder.? Proto-Indo-European *sóder.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón)? Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-) Proto-Indo-European *senh₂-der. Ancient Greek *ἕντης (*héntēs) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs) Ancient Greek αὐθέντης (authéntēs) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek αὐθεντῐκός (authentĭkós)bor. Medieval Latin authenticus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Medieval Latin -ō Medieval Latin authenticōbor. English authenticate Borrowed from Medieval Latin authenticō. By surface analysis, authentic + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

  1. derived from αὐθέντης — “perpetrator, murderer, absolute ruler”
  2. derived from αὐθεντικός — “authentic, genuine”
  3. derived from authenticus
  4. derived from autentique
  5. inherited from authentik
  6. formed as authenticate — “authentic + -ate”

Definitions

  1. To render authentic

    To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.

  2. To prove authentic

    To prove authentic; to determine as real and true.

    • He didn’t manage to authenticate the portrait: it’s probably a fake.
    • The server could not authenticate the request.

  3. Synonym of authentic.

The neighborhood

Derived

authenticatable, authentication, authenticator, deauthenticate, reauthenticate, self-authenticating, unauthenticated

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at authenticate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at authenticate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at authenticate

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA