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Verifying

Verify \Ver"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Verified; p. pr. & vb. n. Verifying.] [F. v['e]rifier, LL. verificare, from L. verus true + -ficare to make. See Very, and -fy.]

  1. To prove to be true or correct; to establish the truth of; to confirm; to substantiate.

    This is verified by a number of examples.
    --Bacon.

    So shalt thou best fulfill, best verify. The prophets old, who sung thy endless reign.
    --Milton.

  2. To confirm or establish the authenticity of by examination or competent evidence; to authenticate; as, to verify a written statement; to verify an account, a pleading, or the like.

    To verify our title with their lives.
    --Shak.

  3. To maintain; to affirm; to support. [Obs.]
    --Shak.

Wiktionary
verifying

vb. (present participle of verify English)

WordNet
verifying

adj. serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence" [syn: collateral, confirmative, confirming, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory]

Usage examples of "verifying".

But the second clerk, Chris, should not have been so willing to answer questions without positively verifying that the caller was really who he claimed to be.

This just makes clear once again the importance of having standardized procedures for verifying the identity of anybody requesting information, especially in a case like this where the caller was asking for help in obtaining access to confidential records.

Eric would go through some pretense of verifying the information, and then tell the caller that the identifying information had been confirmed, and ask for the details of what the caller wanted to find out from the DMV.

ID as a means of verifying the identity of an outside caller is not acceptable.

Chapter 16 you will find specific policies for verifying the identity of any stranger who makes a request for information or a request that some action be taken.

The victim complies because of her prior agreement to abide by company policies and her assumption that the caller is merely verifying her compliance.

Employee verification procedure Policy: The company should establish comprehensive procedures to be used by employees for verifying the identity, employment status, and authorization of an individual before releasing Confidential or Sensitive information or performing any task that involves use of any computer hardware or software.

This method of verifying identity reduces the pool of employees who are authorized to vouch for employees within their department when such employees request support such as resetting passwords or other computer account-related issues.

Internal systems information Policy: Computer Operations staff must never disclose any information related to enterprise computer systems or related devices without positively verifying the identity of the requester.

Policy: Employees shall not provide direct telephone numbers for the company help desk, telecommunications department, computer operations, or system administrator personnel without verifying that the requester has a legitimate need to contact these groups.

Gently she drew herself to his leg, turned herself about and ran her oral tongue into his rectum, quickly finding the information taps and verifying his full seminal readiness.

He opens his mouth, allowing the nurse to probe with her tongue depressor and pencil-thin flashlight, verifying that he has swallowed the medication.

Normally he would have retreated to his own suite and used the time to check for accumulated messages, as well as verifying the operation of his body.

The moment he left the lab, they should be closing on it, checking every current android, verifying its origin and nature.

His own electronic mechanisms traced the circuits, verifying that all were accounted for.