a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) xxxv. 97 Wan ha bez icleped to uerefihinge, þoru þat þulke ivochede weren in present.

c1450 Mirk's Festial 23 In verefiyng of thys thyng þe fyrst masse..begynnyth thus.

1561–2 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. I. 196 Sik richtis..and documentis as thai will use for verefying of thair content.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. E2 Zopirus..fayned himselfe in extreame disgrace of his King: for verifying of which, he caused his own nose and eares to be cut off.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Verificatione, a verifying, an approouing, an auerring.

1632 R. Le Grys tr. Velleius Paterculus Romane Hist. 168 Catullus second to none in verifying of the worke which he tooke in hand.

a1653 H. Binning Serm. (1845) 480 For verifying whereof, We appeal to the Knowledge of some Noblemen and Ministers.

1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. ii. 79 The verifying of that true sentence, the first shall be last.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Verification, a verifying, or proving.

1932 Monthly Notices Royal Astron. Soc. XCII. 700 In commercial practice punching is usually verified by a special verifying punch.

1954 Jrnl. Assoc. Computing Machinery 1 155/1 The punched-card input makes it possible to use key-punching and verifying techniques.

1965 L. E. Foster Telemetry Syst. iv. 221 Card-handling equipment provides keypunching, verifying, sorting..and listing services.

1968 Brit. Med. Bull. 24 207/1 Four-fifths of the costs of linking a record by computer arise in preparation of the data—i.e., abstraction, classification and coding, card or tape punching and verifying.

1973 F. R. Crawford Business Systems with Punched Card Data Processing v. 89 Proper design of documents and card forms is essential for accurate, efficient card punching and verifying.