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authentication|ɔːˌθɛntɪˈkeɪʃən|
[n. of action f. authenticate: see -ation.]
1. The action or process of authenticating.
1788T. Jefferson Writ. (1859) II. 543 So numerous are the writings..that their authentication..would occupy the greater part of his time. 1847C. Addison Contracts i. i. §1 (1883) 19 The use of seals for the authentication of contracts and writings. 1868M. Pattison Academ. Org. §5. 308 The interpretation and authentication of ancient documents.
2. The condition of being authenticated.
1860Dickens Uncomm. Trav. xv, Politeness..forbade my doubting them [ghost stories], and they acquired an air of authentication. |