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• IPA: /ˈvɛɹɪfaɪ/

動詞

verify (third-person singular simple present verifies, present participle verifying, simple past and past participle verified)

1. (transitive) To substantiate or prove the truth of something.
   • 1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados

     "It is early to judge," he remarked, after stopping the car in order to verify the name on the brass plate, "but, upon my word, Max, I really think that our ghost might have discovered more appropriate quarters."

2. (transitive) To confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something.
   • 1984, InfoWorld, volume 6, number 14, page 67:

     In comparison, it takes about a minute to save, rewind and manually verify a similar file on a cassette.

3. (transitive, law) To affirm something formally, under oath.

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Further reading

• “verify”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “verify”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.