revalidate
verb
revalidated;
revalidating
Definition of revalidate
: to validate again or anew: such as
a
: to make (something) legal or valid again
Her mother had revalidated her Cuban teaching credentials and begun teaching school.— Linda Marx
also
: to grant official sanction to (something) again
had to get his visa revalidated
b
: to recognize or prove (something) anew as worthy or legitimate
…the fact that Tyler Perry felt that that song somehow represented his story sort of revalidated my feeling.— Melissa Manchester
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