Bible Dictionaries
Authenticate

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To prove authentic; to determine as real and true; as, to authenticate a portrait.

(2):

(v. t.) To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Authenticate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/authenticate.html. 1828.