authenticates

verb

Definition of authenticatesnext
present tense third-person singular of authenticate
1
as in certifies
to declare (something) to be true or genuine a jeweler authenticated the diamond as real

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2
as in verifies
to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of we require more than simply your word to authenticate this story

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  1. certifies
  2. affirms
  3. confirms
  4. attests
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  • After the state board certifies Michigan's statewide presidential results, the governor must issue a certificate with the names of the state's presidential electors at least six days before the electors convene.
    Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 7 Nov. 2024
  • The first candidate appeals that decision, but the other candidate's lawyers flood the court system with delay-inducing filings before the appeals courts can rule, and the governor certifies Georgia's electors for the second candidate when the deadline arrives.
    Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of certifies
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  • Research like this only affirms that merchants and retailers offering this form of financing can benefit through higher sales.
    Gene Marks, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
  • In the video, Rae most astutely re-affirms her actual and legitimate pre-social media dance background while twirling around dark Paris streets with her dancers.
    Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of affirms
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  • Study after study confirms that the number 1 reason consumers prefer to purchase foods and beverages is taste.
    Hank Cardello, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • While the Senate typically confirms nominees brought for a vote, for more than three decades, every former president has had at least one Cabinet nominee withdraw their name from consideration.
    Elena Moore, NPR, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of confirms
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  • The presence of this multivalence attests to the thoughtfulness with which the show frames its artworks, drawing out their nuances rather than subsuming them under pronouncements of identity.
    Jenny Wu, ARTnews.com, 6 Nov. 2024
  • The film starts with an air of mythic timelessness, in a subterranean home barely pierced by sunlight, in which an elderly woman attests to the dwindling of the population.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
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