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self-certify

self-certify verb: to confirm or certify something without the substantiation of another person or party.

Verb

self-certify (third-person singular simple present self-certifies, present participle self-certifying, simple past and past participle self-certified)

  1. (transitive) To confirm or certify something without the substantiation of another person or party.

Forms of self-certify

third-person singular presentself-certifies
present participleself-certifying
past participleself-certified
pastself-certified

Origin of self-certify

From self- + certify.

Words formed from self-certify

Questions about self-certify

What does self-certify mean?
Self-certify means to confirm or certify something without the substantiation of another person or party.
What part of speech is self-certify?
Self-certify is a verb.
What is the past tense of self-certify?
The past tense of self-certify is self-certified.

Words near self-certify in the dictionary

  1. self-centred
  2. self-certification
  3. self-certifications
  4. self-certified
  5. self-certifies
  6. self-certify
  7. self-certifying
  8. self-changing
  9. self-characterisation
  10. self-characterization
  11. self-chastisement

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