certify
certify Lexical Profile
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• verb
To attest or confirm in a formal statement that something is true, accurate, or meets a required standard.
"The independent auditor must certify that the financial records are completely accurate before the report is published."
To officially recognize someone or something as possessing certain qualifications or meeting specific professional standards.
"The state board will certify the new teachers once they pass their final licensing examinations."
British To officially declare someone to be legally insane or in need of psychiatric care.
"Two medical practitioners were called upon to examine the patient and certify him under the Mental Health Act."
• Rhymes for certify
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the 14th century from Old French certifier, from Late Latin certificare ('to make certain'), combining Latin certus ('sure, fixed') and facere ('to make').