The process of confirming that something is true, accurate, or correct by checking evidence or facts.
From Latin 'verificare,' combining 'verus' (true) and 'facere' (to make). The word literally means 'to make true' but evolved to mean 'to confirm the truth of something' in medieval and modern usage.
In science, verifying is different from proving—verification is how we confirm something works in practice, which is why the scientific method emphasizes repeated verification over theoretical proof alone!
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