English Explanatory Dictionary

validate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To render valid.
  2. To check or prove the validity of; verify.
  3. To have its validity successfully proven.
adj
  1. Valid, validated.

Pronunciation

/ˈvæl.ɪ.deɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-validate.wav /ˈvæl.ə.deɪt/

Word forms

validate validates validating validated more validate most validate

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.

Antonyms

disprove invalidate

Related words

cross-validate invalidate valid validation validator
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