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    [Verb]  | "val*i*date" | \ ˈva-lə-ˌdāt \


    1: to make legally valid : ratify

    2: to grant official sanction to by marking

    3: to confirm the validity of (an election); also : to declare (a person) elected


    Origin: 1648 ;

     Borrowed from Medieval Latin validātus, past participle of validāre "to make valid," derivative of Latin validus "in good health, having legal authority" {mat|valid|};

    [Verb]  | "validate" 


    1: to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of;


      * e.g., " ... a witness independently validated the policeman's version of events "





    2: to show the existence or truth of by evidence;


      * e.g., " ... the booming economy in and of itself validated the soundness of the government's economic policies "





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