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val⋅i⋅date
[val-i-deyt] 
ɪˌdeɪt
–verb (used with object), -dat⋅ed, -dat⋅ing.
| 1. | to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions. |
| 2. | to give legal force to; legalize. |
| 3. | to give official sanction, confirmation, or approval to, as elected officials, election procedures, documents, etc.: to validate a passport. |
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| val·i·date (vāl'ĭ-dāt') tr.v. val·i·dat·ed, val·i·dat·ing, val·i·dates
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Validate
Val"i*date\, v. t. [See Valid.] To confirm; to render valid; to give legal force to. The chamber of deputies . . . refusing to validate at once the election of an official candidate. --London Spectator.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Main Entry: val·i·date
Pronunciation: 'va-l&-"dAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -dat·ed; -dat·ing
1 a : to make valid b : to grant official sanction to by marking
2 : to confirm the validity of (an election) —val·i·da·tion /"va-l&-'dA-sh&n/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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