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Meaning of VALIDATE

Pronunciation:  'valideyt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [v]  make valid or confirm the validity of, as of a document; "validate a ticket"
  2. [v]  prove valid; show or confirm the validity of something
  3. [v]  give evidence for
  4. [v]  declare or make legally valid
 
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 Synonyms: corroborate, formalise, formalize
 
 Antonyms: annul, avoid, invalidate, invalidate, invalidate, nullify, nullify, quash, vitiate, void, void
 
 See Also: affirm, alter, authorise, authorize, change, circumstantiate, clear, confirm, confirm, corroborate, cosign, co-sign, pass, probate, ratify, reassert, sign, substantiate, support, sustain

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Val"i*date\, v. t. [See {Valid}.]
To confirm; to render valid; to give legal force to.
      The chamber of deputies . . . refusing to validate at
      once the election of an official candidate. --London
                                               Spectator.
 

 

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