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verificatory

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Serving to verify something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: verificative

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

serving to support or corroborate

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • collateral evidence

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: collateral, confirmative, confirming, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verifying

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From the past participial stem vērificāt- of Latin vērificō (in English verification) + -ory. By surface analysis, verificate + -ory.