Definition of VALIDATE

validate

Verb

Verb Forms: validated, validating, validates

  • To confirm the truth, accuracy, or legal standing of something.
  • declare or make legally valid
  • prove valid; show or confirm the validity of something
  • give evidence for
  • make valid or confirm the validity of
    • "validate a ticket"
  • To render valid.
  • To check or prove the validity of; verify.
  • To have its validity successfully proven.

Adj

  • Valid, validated.

Examples

  • The data file cannot be imported because it doesn't validate.
  • The Scrabble dictionary was consulted to VALIDATE the existence of his obscure play.

Origin / Etymology

First attested in 1648; borrowed from Medieval Latin validātus (“to validate”) (perhaps through Middle French valider), the perfect passive participle of validō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from validus + -ō (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, valid + -ate.

Antonyms

invalidate, disprove

Scrabble Score: 12

validate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
validate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
validate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

validate: valid Words With Friends Word