Definition of "notarize" []

• To certify or attest to (the validity of a signature on a document, for example) as a notary public. (verb-transitive)

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• "Cockerham went with Wilmoth to notarize 58 petition pages June 28, Trodden said."
• "Some undocumented or mixed-status families in Alabama are also choosing to notarize documents to grant relatives or friends legal power to decide what to do with their children--many of them U.S. citizens--if their parents are detained and eventually deported."
• "Both types of families are also choosing to notarize documents to grant relatives or friends legal power to decide what to do with their children--many of them U.S. citizens--if their parents are detained and eventually deported."