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Confirm Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Confirm? [v] make more firm; "Confirm thy soul in self-control!" [v] establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant" [v] strengthen or make more firm; "The witnesses confirmed the victim's account" [v] administer the religius rite of confirmation to; "the children were confirmed in their mother's faith" [v] as of a person to a position; "The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Confirm: affirm \| corroborate \| reassert \| substantiate \| support \| sustain Related Terms \| Find terms related to Confirm: accede \| accept \| acclimate \| acclimatize \| accommodate \| accredit \| accustom \| acquiesce \| adapt \| addict \| adjust \| administer the Eucharist \| affirm \| amen \| anoint \| approve \| assay \| assent \| assure \| attest \| audit \| authenticate \| authorize \| autograph \| back \| back up \| be sponsor for \| bear out \| bed \| beef up \| bind \| bolster \| bond \| brace \| brace up \| break \| break in \| bring to test \| buttress \| case harden \| certify \| check \| check and doublecheck \| check out \| check over \| chrism \| circumstantiate \| clinch \| collate \| condition \| consent \| corroborate \| cosign \| countersecure \| countersign \| cross-check \| cut and try \| deep-dye \| define \| do duty \| document \| domesticate \| domesticize \| double-check \| embed \| encourage \| endorse \| engraft \| engrave \| ensure \| entrench \| essay \| establish \| etch \| experiment \| familiarize \| fix \| fortify \| found \| gentle \| gird \| give a try \| give a tryout \| give permission \| give the go-ahead \| give the imprimatur \| give thumbs up \| ground \| guarantee \| guaranty \| habituate \| harden \| have a go \| housebreak \| impact \| implant \| impose \| impress \| imprint \| infix \| ingrain \| initial \| inscribe \| insure \| inure \| invigorate \| jam \| justify \| lay hands on \| lodge \| make good \| minister \| naturalize \| nerve \| notarize \| officiate \| OK \| orient \| orientate \| pack \| painstakingly match \| pass \| pass on \| pass upon \| perform a rite \| perform service \| permit \| plant \| play around with \| practice upon \| print \| probate \| prop \| prove \| put to trial \| ratify \| recheck \| recognize \| refresh \| reinforce \| reinvigorate \| research \| restrengthen \| road-test \| root \| rubber stamp \| run a sample \| sample \| sanction \| say amen to \| scrutinize comparatively \| seal \| season \| seat \| second \| secure \| set \| set in \| settle \| shake down \| shore up \| sign \| sign and seal \| sign for \| sponsor \| stamp \| stand behind \| stand up for \| steel \| stereotype \| stiffen \| strengthen \| subscribe \| subscribe to \| substantiate \| support \| sustain \| swear and affirm \| swear to \| take to \| tame \| taste \| temper \| test \| toughen \| train \| triple-check \| try \| try it on \| try out \| undergird \| underpin \| undersign \| underwrite \| uphold \| validate \| verify \| visa \| vise \| vouch \| warrant \| wedge \| witness \| wont See Also \| affirm \| approve \| back \| back up \| beef up \| corroborate \| covenant \| demonstrate \| document \| establish \| fortify \| justify \| maintain \| O.K. \| okay \| prove \| reconfirm \| sanction \| shew \| show \| strengthen \| uphold \| validate \| validate \| verify \| verify \| vouch \| warrant Confirm In Webster's Dictionary \Con*firm"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confrmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confirming}.] [OE. confermen, confirmen, OF. confermer, F. confirmer, fr. L. confirmare; con- + firmare to make firm, fr. firmus firm. See {Firm}.] 1. To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish; as, health is confirmed by exercise. Confirm the crown to me and to mine heirs. --Shak. And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law. --Ps. cv. 10. 2. To strengthen in judgment or purpose. Confirmed, then, I resolve Adam shall share with me in bliss or woe. --Milton. 3. To give new assurance of the truth of; to render certain; to verify; to corroborate; as, to confirm a rumor. Your eyes shall witness and confirm my tale. --Pope. These likelihoods confirm her flight. --Shak. 4. To render valid by formal assent; to complete by a necessary sanction; to ratify; as, to confirm the appoinment of an official; the Senate confirms a treaty. That treaty so prejudicial ought to have been remitted rather than confimed. --Swift. 5. (Eccl.) To administer the rite of confirmation to. See {Confirmation}, 3. Those which are thus confirmed are thereby supposed to be fit for admission to the sacrament. --Hammond. Syn: To strengthen; corroborate; substantiate; establish; fix; ratify; settle; verify; assure.

Confirm Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Confirm?

[v] make more firm; "Confirm thy soul in self-control!"
[v] establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"
[v] strengthen or make more firm; "The witnesses confirmed the victim's account"
[v] administer the religius rite of confirmation to; "the children were confirmed in their mother's faith"
[v] as of a person to a position; "The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense"

Confirm In Webster's Dictionary

\Con*firm"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confrmed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Confirming}.] [OE. confermen, confirmen, OF.
confermer, F. confirmer, fr. L. confirmare; con- + firmare to
make firm, fr. firmus firm. See {Firm}.]
1. To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish;
   as, health is confirmed by exercise.

         Confirm the crown to me and to mine heirs. --Shak.

         And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law. --Ps.
                                               cv. 10.

2. To strengthen in judgment or purpose.

         Confirmed, then, I resolve Adam shall share with me
         in bliss or woe.                      --Milton.

3. To give new assurance of the truth of; to render certain;
   to verify; to corroborate; as, to confirm a rumor.

         Your eyes shall witness and confirm my tale. --Pope.

         These likelihoods confirm her flight. --Shak.

4. To render valid by formal assent; to complete by a
   necessary sanction; to ratify; as, to confirm the
   appoinment of an official; the Senate confirms a treaty.

         That treaty so prejudicial ought to have been
         remitted rather than confimed.        --Swift.

5. (Eccl.) To administer the rite of confirmation to. See
   {Confirmation}, 3.

         Those which are thus confirmed are thereby supposed
         to be fit for admission to the sacrament. --Hammond.

Syn: To strengthen; corroborate; substantiate; establish;
     fix; ratify; settle; verify; assure.

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