Sample sentences for AUTHENTICATE

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Definition

establish that something is real or legitimate

How did they authenticate that it was painted by Leonardo da Vinci?

authenticate = prove or show

The expert authenticated her signature.

authenticated = established as real or genuine

The carbon dating will authenticate the origin of the pottery.

authenticate = prove or show

The main facts of that story are authorized and authenticated by the document.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Scarlet Letter

authenticated = shown to be real

I needed authentication from the Attorney General. How do I know it's legitimate?
Louis Sachar -- Holes

authentication = proof that something is real

(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)

He had already authenticated his experience by telling me things he could not otherwise have known.
Todd Burpo -- Heaven Is for Real

authenticated = proven that it was what he said it was

Authenticated? It was signed by the judge who sentenced him.
Louis Sachar -- Holes

authenticated = shown to be real or legitimate

"It was not authenticated," the Warden said.
Louis Sachar -- Holes

authenticated = shown to be real or legitimate

What is authenticated is that when he returned to Paris in the late fourteenth century, he was extraordinarily wealthy.
Micheal Scott -- The Alchemyst
Lib asked, "What did that 'Authentication X-Ray' stand for?"
Pat Frank -- Alas, Babylon

Sorry, Bob, no, we haven't yet had one authenticated sale.
William Goldman -- The Princess Bride
That pamphlet in your hand, mein Kommandant, can easily be authenticated and will prove my point.
William Styron -- Sophie's Choice
Forms filled out, instructions by letter, identification confirmed and authenticated by an established firm of attorneys.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Identity
They maintain there has never been an authenticated case of an unprovoked attack by a dolphin on a human being.
Roger Zelazny -- My Name is Legion
"Would you like to authenticate it?" asked Cooper.
Henry H. Neff -- The Second Siege
Congress ordered that the document be authenticated and printed.
David McCullough -- John Adams
The note was under the Baron's own seal and I've authenticated the seal.
Frank Herbert -- Dune
Unless the leeches didn't mind killing a bunch of bystanders to authenticate it, and why would they?
Stephenie Meyer -- Breaking Dawn
I sensed that something of deep personal value, but not money, not that at all, had been authenticated and confirmed.
Don DeLillo -- White Noise
And there's another well-authenticated rumor from Russia that Lenin is dead.
Sinclair Lewis -- Babbitt

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