authenticate

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ɔ.ˈθɛn.tɪ.keɪt/
(cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ɑ.ˈθɛn.tɪ.keɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Verb

authenticate (third-person singular simple present authenticates, present participle authenticating, simple past and past participle authenticated)

(transitive) To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.
(transitive) To prove authentic; to determine as real and true.
He didn't manage to authenticate the portrait: it's probably a fake.

the server could not authenticate the request

Synonyms

authentify (which is a less common synonym)

Coordinate terms

identify

Derived terms

Related terms

authentification

Translations

to render authentic

Bulgarian: удостоверявам (bg) (udostoverjavam), установявам автентичността на (ustanovjavam avtentičnostta na)
Catalan: autenticar (ca)
Dutch: authenticeren (nl), authentificeren
Estonian: tõendama
Finnish: todentaa (fi), todistaa oikeaksi
German: authentifizieren (de), ausweisen (de)
Hungarian: hitelesít (hu)
Maori: whakamotuhēhē, whakatūturu, motuhēhē
Portuguese: autenticar (pt)
Spanish: autentificar (es), autenticar (es)

to prove authentic

Bulgarian: проверявам автентичността на (proverjavam avtentičnostta na)
Catalan: autenticar (ca)
Danish: autentificere
Dutch: authenticeren (nl), authentificeren
Estonian: tõendama
Finnish: todentaa (fi), todistaa oikeaksi
French: authentifier (fr)
German: authentifizieren (de), beglaubigen (de)
Hungarian: eredetiség et megállapít
Maori: whakamotuhēhē
Portuguese: autenticar (pt)
Spanish: autentificar (es), autenticar (es)
Walloon: aveuri (wa), acertiner (wa)
Yiddish: אויטענטיקירן (oytentikirn)

Adjective

authenticate (comparative more authenticate, superlative most authenticate)

Synonym of authentic.

References

“authenticate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.