Definitions for authenticate

authenticate au·then·ti·cate

Spelling: [aw-then-ti-keyt]
IPA: /ɔˈθɛn tɪˌkeɪt/

Authenticate is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 473 anagrams from letters in authenticate (aaceehintttu).

Definitions for authenticate

verb (used with object)

  1. to establish as genuine.
  2. to establish the authorship or origin of conclusively or unquestionably, chiefly by the techniques of scholarship:
  3. to make authoritative or valid.

Origin of authenticate

1565-75; Medieval Latin authenticātus made authentic (past participle of authenticāre). See authentic, -ate

Examples for authenticate

Every king had his own seal, which was used to authenticate his public acts.

To obtain a notary to authenticate the appeal was still harder.

The NCC is supposed to “authenticate” the shutdown via “a series of questions.”

To authenticate his Vanity Fair article about interrogation tactics, Hitchens agreed to be waterboarded.

The government used Simmons to authenticate 11 overt acts in the racketeering indictment of Welch and his deputy.

That is all very well; but how can you authenticate your claim to the property?

I will begin with some anecdotes which I am myself able to authenticate.

To authenticate it, I have written and signed this marginal note.

“Her mission was to authenticate every fact,” says Dr. Eakin, a retired math professor.

We mark with an asterisk the titles to editions which we have been able to authenticate by various means from actual books.

Word Value for authenticate
Scrable

17

Words with friends

19

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