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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Validate

/văl'-əd-āt/ · Val·i·date · IPA /ˈvæl.ɪ.deɪt/
01 v. t. To confirm; to render valid; to give legal force to.
  1. 1.
    To confirm; to render valid; to give legal force to.
    “The chamber of deputies . . . refusing to validate at once the election of an official candidate.” — London Spectator.