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Another word for certify

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Verb

  1. To confirm formally as true, accurate, or genuine

      1. (Linguis.) To verify the existence of (a form believed to have occurred in a language)
      2. (--- Linguistics) To confirm the existence, usage, or currency of (a word, for example), as by being recorded in writing.
      3. To bear witness; certify or testify (to)
      1. To state or affirm as testimony in a legal case or before a deliberative body:
      2. To serve as evidence:
      3. To give testimony in a legal case or before a deliberative body:
      1. To constitute supporting evidence; give substantiation:
      2. In old English law, to call (a person) into court to give warranty of title
      3. (Archaic) To attest or affirm
      1. To furnish or serve as evidence:
      2. To consider as an example. Often used in the imperative:
      3. To testify to
    Idioms:
    See also:

    affirm

  2. To assume responsibility for the quality, worth, or durability of

    See also:

    obligation

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Another word for certify

Verb

  1. To give assurance

    See also:

    approve

    guarantee

  2. To state formally

      1. To bear witness; give testimony:
      2. (Linguis.) To verify the existence of (a form believed to have occurred in a language)
      3. (--- Linguistics) To confirm the existence, usage, or currency of (a word, for example), as by being recorded in writing.
      1. To demonstrate the truth or accuracy of, as by the presentation of evidence:
      2. To prove to be true by demonstration, evidence, or testimony; confirm or substantiate
      3. To test or check the accuracy or correctness of, as by investigation, comparison with a standard, or reference to the facts
      1. (Law) To administer a legal oath to:
      2. To use obscene or blasphemous language; curse.
      3. (Law) To give evidence under oath
      1. To make firmer; strengthen:
      2. To prove the truth, validity, or authenticity of; verify
      3. To support or establish the certainty or validity of; verify:
    See also:

    declare

    testify

    approve

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Sentence Examples

  • The judge shall determine " whether the member whose return is complained of, or any and what other person, was duly returned and elected, or whether the election was void," and shall certify his determination to the speaker.

  • In practice it is found that many students whom their teachers refuse to certify are able to pass the university entrance examination.

  • Certain inscriptions discovered in the Padang highlands seem to certify the existence in the 7th century of a powerful Hindu kingdomin Tanah Datar, not far from the site of the later capital of Menangkabo.

  • The court contemplated by the convention was a court of appeal for reviewing prize decisions of national courts both as to facts and as to the law applied, and, in the exercise of its judicial discretion, not only to confirm in whole or in part the national decision or the contrary, but also to certify its judgment to the national court for enforcement thereof.

  • The sums so paid in respect of the duties last above mentioned, and in respect of the estate duty and spirits and beer additional duties, are distributed among the several counties in proportion to the share which the Local Government Board certify to have been received by each county during the financial year ending the 31st March 1888, out of the grants theretofore made out of the exchequer in aid of local rates.

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