Confirmed or proved to be true or genuine through checking or testing.
From Middle English 'verifien' through Old French 'verifier', combining Latin 'verus' (true) and 'facere' (to make). The meaning has remained consistent since the 13th century.
The checkmark for 'verified' on social media is actually a descendant of centuries-old practices—notaries and officials have been marking documents as verified with stamps and seals for over 700 years, and now we do it with pixels.
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