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Definition of Confirm
1. Verb. Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts. "The evidence supports the defendant"
Specialized synonyms: Back, Back Up, Vouch, Verify, Demonstrate, Establish, Prove, Shew, Show, Document, Validate
Derivative terms: Affirmable, Affirmation, Confirmation, Confirmation, Confirmative, Confirmatory, Corroboration, Corroborative, Corroboratory, Substantiation, Substantiation, Substantiative, Support, Sustainable
Antonyms: Negate
2. Verb. Strengthen or make more firm. "They confirm that there was a traffic accident "; "The witnesses confirmed the victim's account"
Specialized synonyms: Maintain, Uphold, Justify, Warrant, Verify, Corroborate, Validate, Reconfirm
Generic synonyms: Affirm
Derivative terms: Confirmation, Confirmation, Confirmatory, Reassertion
3. Verb. Make more firm. "Confirm thy soul in self-control!"
4. Verb. Support a person for a position. "The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense"
5. Verb. Administer the rite of confirmation to. "The children were confirmed in their mother's faith"
Definition of Confirm
1. v. t. To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish; as, health is confirmed by exercise.
Definition of Confirm
1. Verb. To strengthen; to make firm or resolute. ¹
2. Verb. To confer the Christian sacrament of confirmation. ¹
3. Verb. To assure the accuracy of previous statements. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Confirm
1. to assure the validity of [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Confirm
Literary usage of Confirm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1885)
"Frederick I received envoys from the citizens of Rome, and agreed to receive
their submission and confirm the rights of their senate. ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1858)
"It so happens that I am able to confirm both the ... GEORGE and I have the
satisfaction in common that we have helped to confirm the claim of our native ..."
3. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... and o'er his azure brows Bow'd low his head; whose Nod confirm'd the word.
The arms were apt to Hector; in his heart The spirit of Ares Enyalius came ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... certain powers in their regard belong to him; (f) he can give to simple priests
the power to confirm, and to bless the oil of the sick and the oil of ..."
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