verifying

(verb) confirm the truth of. Synonyms: verify. Examples: "Please verify that the doors are closed." "Verify a claim."

(verb) check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard. Synonyms: control, verify. Example: "Are you controlling for the temperature?."

(verb) attach or append a legal verification to (a pleading or petition). Synonyms: verify.

(verb) to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true. Synonyms: affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear. Example: "Before god i swear i am innocent."

(adj) serving to support or corroborate. Synonyms: collateral, confirmative, confirming, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory. Example: "Collateral evidence."