Meaning of the word authenticate in English

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authenticate

US /ɑːˈθen.t̬ə.keɪt/

UK /ɑːˈθen.t̬ə.keɪt/

to prove that something is real, true, or what people say it is:

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They used carbon dating tests to authenticate the claim that the skeleton was two million years old.

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