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Definition of Confirm
1. Verb. Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts. "The evidence supports the defendant"
Exact synonyms: Affirm, Corroborate, Substantiate, Support, Sustain
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
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"
Exact synonyms: Reassert
Specialized synonyms: Maintain, Uphold, Justify, Warrant, Verify, Corroborate, Validate, Reconfirm
Generic synonyms: Affirm
Derivative terms: Confirmation, Confirmation, Confirmatory, Reassertion
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]