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validate
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of VALIDATE
1
to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of <a witness independently validated the policeman's version of events>
Synonyms argue, attest, authenticate, bear out, certify, corroborate, substantiate, support, validate, verify, vindicate
2
to show the existence or truth of by evidence <the booming economy in and of itself validated the soundness of the government's economic policies>
Related Words back (up), buttress, circumstantiate, corroborate; evidence, evince, record, support, uphold, witness; adduce, attest, authenticate, certify, identify; confirm, sustain, verify, vouch; clinch, nail, settle; confess, depose, testify
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