Hold
Hold verb - Assert or affirm.
Usage example: Rousseau's philosophy holds that people are inherently good
Verify
Verify verb - To give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Colonel Drucker wants to hold off until they can verify who the unidentified forces are.
Source: Video Game / Medal Of Honor 2010 -
For example; in order to calm her down and get her to accept that she was delusional and that her daughter had died along with her husband, why didn't they verify that there were two caskets instead of one in the hold?
Source: Film / Flight Plan
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