validate
verb/ˈvæl.ɪ.deɪt/
Etymology
First attested in 1648; borrowed from Medieval Latin validātus (“to validate”) (perhaps through Middle French valider), the perfect passive participle of validō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from validus + -ō (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, valid + -ate.
Definitions
To render valid.
- Always remember to validate your ticket before entering the train. A non-validated ticket could lead to a hefty fine.
To check or prove the validity of
To check or prove the validity of; verify.
To have its validity successfully proven.
- The data file cannot be imported because it doesn't validate.
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Valid, validated.
The neighborhood
- antonymdisprove
- antonyminvalidate
- neighborcross-validate
- neighborinvalidate
- neighborvalid
- neighborvalidation
- neighborvalidator
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for validate. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA