OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 35433

authenticate

/ɒˈθɛn.tɪ.keɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
autenticar • autentificar
To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.
autenticar • autentificar
To prove authentic; to determine as real and true.
He didn’t manage to authenticate the portrait: it’s probably a fake.
The server could not authenticate the request.