| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To accept officially: adopt, affirm, approve, pass, ratify, sanction. See ACCEPT, LAW. 2. To assure the certainty or validity of: attest, authenticate, back (up), bear out, corroborate, evidence, justify, substantiate, testify (to), validate, verify, warrant. See SUPPORT, TRUE. 3. To make firmer in a particular conviction or habit: fortify, harden, strengthen. See STRONG. 4. To establish as true or genuine: authenticate, bear out, corroborate, demonstrate, endorse, establish, evidence, prove, show, substantiate, validate, verify. See SHOW, SUPPORT.
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