verify
to confirm as true
Roots
- fac / fic / fact: do or make
- ver: true
Other words with the fac / fic / fact root
- affectation: an artificial display meant to impress
- artificial: made by humans; not natural
- benefactor: person who gives help, money, or support
- beneficent: doing good or producing benefit
- beneficial: helpful or producing good effects
- certify: to confirm officially as true
- effect: a result or outcome
- efficacious: effective; producing the intended result
Other words with the ver root
Ver gives true. To verify is to check until a claim can safely be treated as true.
She verified the answer before trusting the shortcut that looked too neat.
Verify is the calm cousin of belief. You do not just like the claim; you test it, check it, and let truth do the work.