As verbs the difference between authenticate and apostille
is that authenticate is to render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit while apostille is to authenticate an official document in accordance with the apostille convention.
As a noun apostille is
a special sign established in 1961 for certifying foreign documents.
authenticate
Verb
(en-verb)
To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.
To prove authentic; to determine as real and true; as, to authenticate a portrait.
References
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apostille
English
(Apostille convention)
Alternative forms
* apostil
Noun
(
en noun)
A special sign established in 1961 for certifying foreign documents.
Usage notes
* Under the Hague Convention, signatory countries have agreed to recognize public documents issued by other signatory countries if those public documents are authenticated by the attachment of an internationally recognized form of authentication known as an "apostille'''." The '''apostille ensures that public documents issued in one signatory country will be recognized as valid in another signatory country. [http://www.dos.ny.gov/corps/apostille.html]
Verb
(apostill)
To authenticate an official document in accordance with the Apostille Convention.
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