justify:
1.
to show to be
righteous, innocent, or in the right, vindicate
Meas. V. i. 159
“To this worthy
nobleman, So vulgarly . . .
accus'd,”
Wint. I. i. 10, 2H6 II. iii. 16; with
thing as object
Sonn. cxxxix. 1
“call not me to justify
the wrong.”
2.
to prove, confirm,
verify
Tp. V. i. 128
“I here could . . .
you
traitors,”
Wint. I. ii. 278
“say't and
justify't,”
H8 I. ii. 6, Cym. II. iv. 79.
3.
to acknowledge (that
something is true)
Per. V. i. 219
“justify . . . She is
thy very princess.”
