h the individual is authorized.
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v., To declare, either orally, in writing, or by affixion of a seal, that an entity is what it purports to be, after having verified its identity. [General Dictionaries] 
v., To establish an individual's identity in order to grant access to a system or resources to which the individual is authorized. [Archives] 
v., To verify that a thing is what it purports to be. [Archives] 
is, when it was created, by whom, what action or matter it participated in, and what its