Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AU-THEN'TIC-ATE
AU-THEN'TIC-AL-NESSAU-THEN'TIC-A-TED
AU-THEN'TIC-ATE, v.t.
To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities, required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit. The king serves only as a notary to authenticate the choice of judges. – Burke.
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