Deauthenticate
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To reject as authentic; to falsify or disprove. transitive
"In the hand of what person soever it be alleged by the witness to be, a case may happen in which it may be material (though at the expense of a distinct enquiry) to authenticate or deauthenticate it by ulterior evidence."
- 2 To revoke the authentication of; to cause no longer to be authenticated. transitive
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"In the hand of what person soever it be alleged by the witness to be, a case may happen in which it may be material (though at the expense of a distinct enquiry) to authenticate or deauthenticate it by ulterior evidence."
Etymology
From de- + authenticate.