authenticate
verbVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they authenticate | |
| he / she / it authenticates | |
| past simple authenticated | |
| past participle authenticated | |
| -ing form authenticating |
to prove that something is real, true or what somebody claims it is 证明…是真实的；证实 - authenticate something
The letter has been authenticated by handwriting experts. 这封信已由笔迹专家证明是真的。 - authenticate something as something
Experts have authenticated the writing as that of Byron himself. 专家鉴定这字迹是拜伦的亲笔。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryAuthenticate is used with these nouns as the object:- document
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from medieval Latin authenticat- ‘established as valid’, from the verb authenticare, from late Latin authenticus ‘genuine’, from Greek authentikos ‘principal, genuine’.- authenticate something