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Replace use of undefined term authentication verifier #81

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Replace use of undefined term authentication verifier
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Align terminology in authentication definition.
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Expand Up @@ -1386,9 +1386,9 @@ <h2>Authentication</h2>
do with that information.
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This is useful to any <em>authentication verifier</em> that needs to check to
see if an entity that is attempting to [=authenticate=] is, in fact,
presenting a valid proof of authentication. When a <em>verifier</em> receives
This is useful to any entity verifying authentication that needs to check
whether an entity that is attempting to [=authenticate=] is presenting a valid
proof of authentication. When such an authentication verifying entity receives
some data (in some protocol-specific format) that contains a proof that was made
for the purpose of "authentication", and that says that an entity is identified
by the `id`, then that <em>verifier</em> checks to ensure that the proof can be
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