Authenticate vs Authentic - What's the difference?
authenticate | authentic |
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.
Of the same origin as claimed; genuine.
Conforming to reality and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief.
(music, of a Gregorian mode) Having the final as the lowest note of the mode.
(obsolete) authoritative
Authenticate is a derived term of authentic.
As a verb authenticate
is to render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.As a adjective authentic is
of the same origin as claimed; genuine.authenticate
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(Webster 1913)Verb
(en-verb)References
*authentic
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Alternative forms
* authentical, authentick, authenticke, authentique (all archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)- The experts confirmed it was an authentic signature.
- The report was completely authentic .
- an authentic''' writer; an '''authentic''' portrait; '''authentic information
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