a. [f. as prec. + -ORY2.] That verifies; having the property of verifying; of the nature of, serving as, a verification.
1830. Everest, Measurement Arc of the Meridian, etc., 84. By these means, two or more azimuths measured at different parts of the series become verificatory of each other.
1834. Fraser’s Mag., X. 362. There is nothing new under the sun—an observation which is indeed verificatory of itself.
1870. J. H. Newman, Gram. Assent, II. viii. 297. Syllogism has no part, even verificatory, in the action of my mind.
1875. W. Jackson, Bampton Lect., 156. The evidence becomes accumulative, or, if you please, verificatory.
