authenticate

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

AUTHEN'TICATE, verb transitive To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities, required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit. The king serves only as a notary to authenticate the choice of judges.
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