validate

First attested in 1648; borrowed from Medieval Latin validātus (“to validate”) (perhaps through Middle French valider), the perfect passive participle of validō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from validus +‎ -ō (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, valid +‎ -ate.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvæl.ɪ.deɪt/

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• (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /ˈvæl.ə.deɪt/
• Rhymes: -ælɪdeɪt

validate (third-person singular simple present validates, present participle validating, simple past and past participle validated)

1. (transitive) To render valid.
   • 2003, Alan Hart, Going to Live in France, page 207:

     Always remember to validate your ticket before entering the train. A non-validated ticket could lead to a hefty fine.

2. (transitive) To check or prove the validity of; verify.
3. (ergative) To have its validity successfully proven.

   The data file cannot be imported because it doesn't validate.

• disprove
• invalidate

• invalidate
• valid
• validation
• validator

First attested in 1586; borrowed from Medieval Latin validātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymolgy 1 for more.

validate (comparative more validate, superlative most validate)

1. (obsolete, law) Valid, validated.

validate

1. inflection of validare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative
   3. feminine plural past participle

• dilavate

validate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of validar combined with te