Meanings
verbvalidify (third-person singular simple present validifies, present participle validifying, simple past and past participle validified)
present singular third person validifies · participle present validifying · participle past validified · past validified
- To validate.
I would have never come here, under the pretext of academic freedom, if I knew this humiliating meeting would ever be necessary. I refuse to have to validify myself as a human being to such a pretentious group of students.
1977 February 5, Cynthia Adams, quotee, “Clark University Gays Block Ouster Attempt”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 32, page 4
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂welh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti
- Proto-Italic*walēō
- Latinvaleō
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Latinvalidus
- Middle Frenchvalide
- Englishvalid
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Italic*θakos
- Englishvalidify
Cite this entry
APA
validify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/validify
MLA
“validify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/validify. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “validify,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/validify.
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