Certify

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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To confirm formally as true, accurate, or genuine.
  • intransitive verb. To guarantee as meeting a standard.
  • intransitive verb. To acknowledge in writing on the face of (a check) that the signature of the maker is genuine and that there are sufficient funds on deposit for its payment.
  • intransitive verb. To issue a license or certificate to.
  • intransitive verb. To declare to be in need of psychiatric treatment or confinement.
  • intransitive verb. To inform positively; assure.
  • intransitive verb. To vouch for the authenticity of something.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To assure or make certain (of); give certain information to; tell positively: applied to persons, and followed by of before the thing told about, or by that before a verb and its nominative: as, I certified you of the fact.
  • To give certain information of; make clear, definite, or certain; vouch for: applied to things.
  • To testify to or vouch for in writing; make a declaration of in writing under hand, or hand and seal; make known or establish as a fact.
  • To testify; declare the truth; make a certification or certificate.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To give cetain information to; to assure; to make certain.
  • transitive verb. To give certain information of; to make certain, as a fact; to verify.
  • transitive verb. To testify to in writing; to make a declaration concerning, in writing, under hand, or hand and seal.
  • transitive verb. A bank check, the validity of which is certified by the bank on which it is drawn.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. to attest to as the truth or meeting a standard
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. guarantee as meeting a certain standard
  • verb. provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
  • verb. declare legally insane
  • verb. guarantee payment on; of checks
  • verb. authorize officially
  • Word Usage
    "That section requires the Attorney General to certify is the search will not involve “the premises, information, material, or property of a United States person. ” That means U.S. citizens or anyone inside of the United States."
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    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    adjudge  declare  guarantee  hold  secure  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    decertify  
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    OK  accept  accredit  acknowledge  affirm  
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    certified  
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