validify

English

Etymology

From valid +‎ -ify.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vəˈlɪdɪfaɪ/

Verb

validify (third-person singular simple present validifies, present participle validifying, simple past and past participle validified)

1. To validate.
   • 1977 February 5, Cynthia Adams, quotee, “Clark University Gays Block Ouster Attempt”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 32, page 4:

     I would have never come here, under the pretext of academic freedom, if I knew this humiliating meeting would ever be necessary. I refuse to have to validify myself as a human being to such a pretentious group of students.