Validate



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.使...生效
• ［英］ v.使...生效 ( to make legally valid)
• ［记］ valid ( 有效) +ate -> 使有效
• ［例］ validate the agreement ( 使协议生效)

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb (-dated; -dating)

• Date: 1648
• 1.
  • a. to make legally valid ; ratify
  • b. to grant official sanction to by marking <validated her passport>
  • c. to confirm the validity of (an election); also to declare (a person) elected
• 2.
  • a. to support or corroborate on a sound or authoritative basis <experiments designed to validate the hypothesis>
  • b. to recognize, establish, or illustrate the worthiness or legitimacy of <validate his concerns>
• Synonyms: see confirm

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