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authenticate

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

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Cognitive

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Responsibility

Unclassified—authoritativetrigger_default_value

Automation

Unclassified—authoritativetrigger_default_value

Variants

4 surface forms
pasttense
authenticated
presentparticiple
authenticating
thirdpersonsingular
authenticates
pastparticiple
authenticated

Framework definitions

5 senses across 4 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

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.
snapshot nexus-lexicon@liveschema v0.3.3-draftfetched Jul 14, 2026, 06:14 PM