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authenticate

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To confirm the identity of an entity when that identity is presented.

Attested in

dated observations, per pack version

No recorded attestations. They are written when an MWE tagging stage is completed, stamped with the pack version and the document’s digest.

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Cognitive

Apply72%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Responsibility

Unclassified—authoritativetrigger_default_value

Automation

Unclassified—authoritativetrigger_default_value

Variants

4 surface forms
pasttense
authenticated
presentparticiple
authenticating
thirdpersonsingular
authenticates
pastparticiple
authenticated

Framework definitions

6 senses across 5 frameworks
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 22 sensesview framework →
§1
To confirm the identity of an entity when that identity is presented.
§2 · sense_2_pending_review
To verify the identity of a user, user device, or other entity.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
To verify the identity of a user, user device, or other entity.
NIST SP 800-321 senseview framework →
§1
To confirm the identity of an entity when that identity is presented.
Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
§1
to establish the authenticity of something
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
To confirm the identity of an entity when that identity is presented.
DR-088 backfill from the verb definition column

Outgoing relationships

term as subject — 1 triple
verbLevel
  • applylexicon:CognitiveLevel

Incoming relationships

term as object — 0 triples
No incoming triples
No other term currently asserts a relationship to this one.
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