different between verify vs poet

English

Etymology

From Old French verifier (French: vérifier), from Medieval Latin v?rific?re, present active infinitive of v?rific? (“make true”), from Latin v?rus (“true”) + faci? (“do, make”); see -fy.

Verb

verify (third-person singular simple present verifies, present participle verifying, simple past and past participle verified)

1. (transitive) To substantiate or prove the truth of something
2. (transitive) To confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
   • 1984, InfoWorld (volume 6, number 14, page 67)

     In comparison, it takes about a minute to save, rewind and manually verify a similar file on a cassette.

3. (transitive, law) To affirm something formally, under oath

Derived terms

• verification
• verifiable
• self-verified
• unverified

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• verify in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• verify in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Alternative forms

• poët (rare or archaic)
• poete (rare or archaic)
• poëte (rare or archaic)

Etymology

From Old French poete, from Latin po?ta (“poet, author”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (poi?t?s, “creator, maker, author, poet”), from ????? (poié?, “I make, compose”). Displaced native Old English s?op.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p???t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?po??t/, /?po??t/, [?p?o????(?)t?]
• Rhymes: -???t

Noun

poet (plural poets)

1. A person who writes poems.
2. A person with a creative or romantic imagination.

Hyponyms

• poetess (female, dated)
• versifier

Derived terms

• poetaster
• poetess

Translations

Anagrams

• -tope, Pote, Tope, pote, tope

Danish

Noun

poet

1. poet

Declension

Synonyms

• digter

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /put/
• Rhymes: -ut

Noun

poet m (uncountable)

1. loot, stolen money

Anagrams

• pote, toep

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (poi?t?s), via Latin poeta

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po?e?t/
• IPA^(key): /pu?e?t/

Noun

poet m (definite singular poeten, indefinite plural poeter, definite plural poetene)

1. a poet

Synonyms

• dikter

Related terms

• poesi

References

• “poet” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (poi?t?s), via Latin poeta

Noun

poet m (definite singular poeten, indefinite plural poetar, definite plural poetane)

1. a poet

Synonyms

• diktar

Related terms

• poesi

References

• “poet” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Verb

poet

1. third-person singular present indicative of poeir

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French poète, itself from Latin poeta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po?et/

Noun

poet m (plural poe?i)

1. poet

2. (figuratively) poet (person with a creative or romantic imagination)

Declension

Related terms

• poet? (“poetess”)
• poezie (“poetry”)

References

• poet in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

poet c

1. poet

Declension

Synonyms

• diktare
• lyriker
• rimsmed

Related terms

• poem
• poesi
• poetisk