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authenticize

authenticize verb: to make authentic.

Verb

authenticize (third-person singular simple present authenticizes, present participle authenticizing, simple past and past participle authenticized)

  1. (transitive) To make authentic.

Forms of authenticize

third-person singular presentauthenticizes
present participleauthenticizing
past participleauthenticized
pastauthenticized

Origin of authenticize

From authentic + -ize.

Questions about authenticize

What does authenticize mean?
Authenticize means to make authentic.
What part of speech is authenticize?
Authenticize is a verb.
What is the past tense of authenticize?
The past tense of authenticize is authenticized.

Words near authenticize in the dictionary

  1. authenticist
  2. authenticists
  3. authenticities
  4. authenticity
  5. authenticization
  6. authenticize
  7. authenticized
  8. authenticizes
  9. authenticizing
  10. authentick
  11. authenticke

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