HOW TO PRONOUNCE
verify
/ˈvɛɹəˌfaɪ/
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What does verify mean?
verb
- To substantiate or prove the truth of something.
- To confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something.
- To affirm something formally, under oath.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈvɛɹəˌfaɪ/
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The young woman turned her back to the mirror over the chimney-piece, and glanced behind her, to verify Valentin’s assertion.
“Yes, to verify how far bruises may be produced after death. I saw him at it with my own eyes.”
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Anyone who cultivates a garden can easily verify the fact that every plant has some adaptation for varying degrees of seed-dispersal.
"No one," he says, "cared to verify the facts of the case, merely giving as a reason, that these facts were impossible."
American and English millionaires do it every day, and thus verify and confirm to the world the tremendous forces that lie in religion.