validate

Pronunciation: /ˈvæl.ɪ.deɪt/

The English word “validate” has 4 meanings listed here.

verb

To render valid.
To check or prove the validity of; verify.
To have its validity successfully proven.

adjective

Valid, validated.

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.

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