validate
verb/vɐ.liˈdaɾ/medium
va·li·dar
Definition
To confirm or make valid; to give legal or official force to; to verify.
You must validate your ticket at the station.
The experiment validated the initial hypothesis.
Common collocations
validate a documentvalidate a theoryvalidate an experience
Etymology
Do latim 'validare', de 'validus' (forte, válido).