validate, formalize, formalise (verb)

declare or make legally valid

validate (verb)

prove valid; show or confirm the validity of something

validate, corroborate (verb)

give evidence for

validate (verb)

make valid or confirm the validity of

"validate a ticket"

validate (Verb)

Check or prove the validity of.

Validate

The Validate program by McAfee Associates is used to provide checksum data for computer programs and data files. It is commonly used to verify that shareware applications written for MSDOS and Microsoft Windows based platforms have not been altered during distribution,.