单词 | verification |
释义 | verificationn. 1. The action of demonstrating or proving to be true or legitimate by means of evidence or testimony; formal assertion of truth. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [noun] > act of proving, verification verifyinga1325 soothinga1400 averment1429 verefiancea1450 verment1472 justificationa1500 verification1523 demonstrating1598 evidencing1609 averral1611 averring1642 evincement1651 validation1656 substantiation1787 cross check1839 constatationa1916 1523 in C. Innes Registrum Episcopatus Aberdonensis (1845) I. 388 For þe verificatioun and prewyng of his indorsyng and execution of my lordis precept. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. i. xix. 110 In verificacioun hereof [i.e. an intended act of treason] þe said turnus did maist cruelie inway aganis him. 1599 J. Skene De Verborum Significatione (ed. 2) Q 3 b The Schireffe..suld summond certaine persons..& suld be present in proper persone..with the verification of the saidis summoundes. 1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 19 I say nothing (my Lord) I am not ready to sweare in verification of my belief. 1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium I. ii. i. Rule 7 §2 If she be a woman, if she can be a wife, and can be his, there is no more requir'd to a verification of the contract in the law of nature. 1911 A. G. Hogg Christ's Message iii. xi. 140 To use an oath even for the purpose of verification, is to make a convenience of God. 2. Demonstration of truth or correctness by facts or circumstances. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [noun] provinga1325 verifymenta1325 comprobation1390 proofc1390 demonstrationc1391 approbation1393 monstrancea1400 probatea1400 probation?a1450 document1459 demonstrance1481 remonstration1490 verification?1541 eviction1571 remonstrance1583 conviction1646 convincement1656 approof1881 ?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens i. sig. Bjv Thus than appereth the veryfycacyon of the fyrste condycyon that a Cyrurgyen ought to haue, for he ought to be lettred & learned. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxvi. 142 The Sentence of the Judge..is a sufficient Verification of the Law of Nature in that individuall case. 175. Warburton Disc., Rise Antichrist in Wks. (1788) V. 443 It hath..only the traditional verification of the Evidence of a past Fact. 1782 J. Brown Compend. View Nat. & Revealed Relig. ii. i. 139 All the dispositions and actions of mankind are a plain verification of the leading truths of his word. 1802 J. Playfair Illustr. Huttonian Theory 507 A very unexpected verification of some of the conclusions deduced above. 1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. 12 They afford the readiest and completest verifications of his theories. 1882 Rep. Precious Metals (U.S. Bureau of Mint) i. 613 Let us await the verification of time. 3. a. The action of establishing or testing the truth or correctness of a fact, theory, statement, etc., by means of special investigation or comparison of data. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > [noun] fandingc1000 taste1377 experimenta1382 experience1393 probationc1422 trial1526 test1594 verification1603 the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [noun] > test or testing for truth or correctness verification1603 verifying1932 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. v. 521 You waste away and die in pursuite of so concealed a misterie of so obscure a verification. 1635 T. Jackson Humiliation Sonne of God viii. x. §3 Fitter occasion..could not be offered for the exquisite verification or exact fulfilling of this prophecy. 1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 222 The latter wrote a verification of all the fix'd stars, as to their longitude and latitude, for the year 1440. 1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. I. iii. iv. 190 Periods of verification, as well as epochs of induction, deserve to be attended to. 1855 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea v. §294 This estimate..is not capable of verification by any more than the rudest approximations. 1885 Manch. Examiner 12 May 5/3 Nearly a month will be swallowed up in the verification of the returns. b. The action of verifying or testing the accuracy of an instrument, or the quality of goods. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [noun] > specific tests or testing > of accuracy or quality of instrument or goods verification1832 1832 C. Babbage Econ. Machinery & Manuf. xiv. 103 In the Irish flax trade, a similar example of the high price paid for verification occurs. 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Dec. 5/2 The total number of instruments rejected as unfit for a verification certificate owing to excess of error or to other causes was only 346. c. Philosophy. The action or process of verifying a proposition or sentence through empirical experience (associated esp. with logical positivism). Frequently attributive, esp. as verification principle. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > empiricism > [adjective] > of or relating to verificationism verification1932 verifiability1936 verificationist1940 1932 M. Schlick Gesammelte Aufsätze (1938) viii. 181 The meaning of a proposition is the method of its verification. 1934 C. I. Lewis in Philos. Rev. 43 131 Suppose it maintained that no issue is meaningful unless it can be put to the test of decisive verification. 1936 A. J. Ayer Lang., Truth & Logic 12 I adopt what may be called a modified verification principle. 1937 Mind 46 348 I should have thought the first duty of any advocate of a verification theory of meaning would be to inquire how his theory itself was to be verified. 1956 J. O. Urmson Philos. Anal. vii. 107 The verification principle is not essentially a very novel or obscure doctrine except in its traditional formulation. This formulation is that the meaning of a statement is the method of its verification. 1963 W. H. Walsh Metaphysics i. 15 Logical Positivists..sought to fashion, in their celebrated Verification Principle of Meaning, a weapon which would destroy metaphysics once and for all. 1977 A. Giddens Stud. in Social & Polit. Theory i. 45 What came to be called the ‘Verification Principle’ went through numerous versions, as the inadequacy of Schlick's original formulation..became very rapidly apparent. d. spec. (see quot. 1972). ΚΠ 1953 Ann. Reg. 1952 145 This plan provides for the discussion of the regulation of all armaments..and of their disclosure and verification by two committees. 1962 Listener 1 Nov. 720/1 Mr Khruschev says he agrees to order dismantling of missile sites in Cuba under U.N. verification. 1972 Dict. Milit. Terms (U.S. Dept. Defense) 316/1 Verification.., in arms control, any action, including inspection, detection, and identification, taken to ascertain compliance with agreed measures. 4. [After French usage.] Ratification. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > ratification or confirmation > [noun] confirmment1297 confirmationc1330 ratification1420 affirminga1425 interination1489 confirmance1588 rate?1611 endorsement1633 firmation1684 verification1789 seal of approval1833 interinement1883 1789 A. Young Jrnl. 8 June in Trav. France (1792) i. 103 If..by the verification of their powers in one chamber, they shall once come together, the popular party hope that there will remain, no power afterwards to separate. 1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany III. v. iv. 141 When the verification of it was laid before the parliament, the procureur général..solemnly protested against it. 1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. ii. 43 By the old constitution of France, these letters patent required the verification of the Parliament. 1902 W. L. Mathieson Polit. & Relig. Scotl. I. i. 49 The Parliament of Paris in their act of verification adopted a very superior tone. 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