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Verify verb - To give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of.
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- When the post-Communist Russian government wanted to verify that the human remains found in Siberia were those of the late Tsar Nicholas, they needed a close relative to match the DNA.
Source: Royal Inbreeding - All the angels introduced to date identify as male, though no one has gotten close enough to verify their claims (despite Veronica's insistences.) Our Angels Are Different: These angels aren't the fluffy, white-winged, halo-sporting heavenly advisors one often thinks of.
Source: Roleplay / Shadowhunter Peril
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