deauthenticate
deauthenticate verb: to reject as authentic; to falsify or disprove.
Verb
deauthenticate (third-person singular simple present deauthenticates, present participle deauthenticating, simple past and past participle deauthenticated)
- To reject as authentic; to falsify or disprove.
- In the hand of what person soever it be alleged by the witness to be, a case may happen in which it may be material (though at the expense of a distinct enquiry) to authenticate or deauthenticate it by ulterior evidence.1827, Jeremy Bentham, Rationale of Judicial Evidence
- To revoke the authentication of; to cause no longer to be authenticated.
Forms of deauthenticate
| third-person singular present | deauthenticates |
|---|---|
| present participle | deauthenticating |
| past participle | deauthenticated |
| past | deauthenticated |
Origin of deauthenticate
From de- + authenticate.
Questions about deauthenticate
- What does deauthenticate mean?
- Deauthenticate means to reject as authentic; to falsify or disprove.
- What part of speech is deauthenticate?
- Deauthenticate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of deauthenticate?
- The past tense of deauthenticate is deauthenticated.
Words near deauthenticate in the dictionary
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