v 4 a 1 l 1 i 1 d 2 a 1 t 1 e 1
8 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb declare or make legally valid
verb prove valid; show or confirm the validity of something
verb give evidence for
originFirst attested in 1648; borrowed from Medieval Latin validātus (“to validate”) (perhaps through Middle French valider), the perfect passive participle of validō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from validus + -ō (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, valid + -ate.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- availed 11
- aviated 11
- datival 11
- vedalia 11
- dative 10
- vailed 10
- vialed 10
- aviate 9
- daeva 9
- davit 9
- devil 9
- laved 9