| 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. |
val·i·date (vāl'ĭ-dāt') tr.v. val·i·dat·ed, val·i·dat·ing, val·i·dates
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validation
The stage in the software life-cycle at the end of the development process where software is evaluated to ensure that it complies with the requirements.
(1995-02-14)