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verifying

verifying is the present participle and gerund of verify.

Meaning of verify

Verb

verify (third-person singular simple present verifies, present participle verifying, simple past and past participle verified)

  1. (transitive) To substantiate or prove the truth of something.
    • "It is early to judge," he remarked, after stopping the car in order to verify the name on the brass plate, "but, upon my word, Max, I really think that our ghost might have discovered more appropriate quarters."1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
  2. (transitive) To confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something.
    • In comparison, it takes about a minute to save, rewind and manually verify a similar file on a cassette.1984, InfoWorld, volume 6, number 14, page 67
  3. (transitive) To affirm something formally, under oath.

Phrases with verifying

Questions about verifying

What is verifying the present participle and gerund of?
Verifying is the present participle and gerund of verify.

Words near verifying in the dictionary

  1. verifiers
  2. verifies
  3. verifiest
  4. verifieth
  5. verify
  6. verifying
  7. verigreen
  8. verigreens
  9. Verilog
  10. veriloquent
  11. verily

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