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(1) To prove the correctness of data. See validate.

(2) In software quality assurance, to determine that a system conforms to the intended behavior specified in design documents. Contrast with validate.

(3) In data entry operations, to compare the keystrokes of a second operator with the data entered by the first operator to ensure that the data were entered accurately. See validate.
verify [′ver·ə‚fī]
(communications)
To ensure that the meaning and phraseology of the transmitted message convey the exact intention of the originator.
(computer science)
To determine whether an operation has been completed correctly, and in particular, to check the accuracy of keypunching by using a verifier.
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`One might travel back and verify the accepted account of the Battle of Hastings, for instance
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Thus to revert to memory: A memory is "vague" when it is appropriate to many different occurrences: for instance, "I met a man" is vague, since any man would verify it.
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If we embrace the tenets of those who oppose the adoption of the proposed Constitution, as the standard of our political creed, we cannot fail to verify the gloomy doctrines which predict the impracticability of a national system pervading entire limits of the present Confederacy.
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