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authenticates

authenticates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of authenticate.

Meaning of authenticate

Verb

authenticate (third-person singular simple present authenticates, present participle authenticating, simple past and past participle authenticated)

  1. (transitive) To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.
  2. (transitive) To prove authentic; to determine as real and true.
    • He didn’t manage to authenticate the portrait: it’s probably a fake.

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Questions about authenticates

What is authenticates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Authenticates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of authenticate.

Words near authenticates in the dictionary

  1. authentically
  2. authenticalness
  3. authenticatable
  4. authenticate
  5. authenticated
  6. authenticates
  7. authenticating
  8. authentication
  9. authentications
  10. authenticative
  11. authenticator

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