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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.
- The carbon dating will authenticate the origin of the pottery.
- The main facts of that story are authorized and authenticated by the document.Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Scarlet Letter
- I needed authentication from the Attorney General. How do I know it's legitimate?Louis Sachar -- Holes
- "It was not authenticated," the Warden said.Louis Sachar -- Holes
- He had already authenticated his experience by telling me things he could not otherwise have known.Todd Burpo -- Heaven Is for Real
- Authenticated? It was signed by the judge who sentenced him.Louis Sachar -- Holes
- 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
authenticated = established as real or genuine
authenticate = prove or show
authenticated = shown to be real
authentication = proof that something is real or legitimate
authenticated = shown to be real or legitimate
authenticated = proven that it was what he said it was
authenticated = shown to be real or legitimate