AUTHENTICATE
authenticate,vb.1. To prove the genuineness of (a thing). [Cases: Criminal Law 444;
Evidence 366–381.] 2. To render authoritative or authentic, as by attestation or other legal
formality. See UCC § 9-102(a)(7). [Cases: Contracts 37. C.J.S. Contracts § 79.][Blacks Law 8th]