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Confirm

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Verb

1. affirm, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, sustain

establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

Example Sentences:
'his story confirmed my doubts'
'The evidence supports the defendant'

2. confirm, reassert

strengthen or make more firm

Example Sentences:
'The witnesses confirmed the victim's account'

3. confirm

make more firm

Example Sentences:
'Confirm thy soul in self-control!'

4. confirm

support a person for a position

Example Sentences:
'The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense'

5. confirm

administer the rite of confirmation to

Example Sentences:
'the children were confirmed in their mother's faith'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Confirm

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verb (transitive)
1. (may take a clause as object)
to prove to be true or valid; corroborate; verify
2. (may take a clause as object)
to assert for a second or further time, so as to make more definite
he confirmed that he would appear in court
3. 
to strengthen or make more firm
his story confirmed my doubts
4. 
to make valid by a formal act or agreement; ratify
5. 
to administer the rite of confirmation to

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Confirm

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verb transitive
1. 
to make firm; strengthen; establish; encourage
2. 
to make valid by formal approval; ratify
3. 
to prove the truth, validity, or authenticity of; verify
4. 
to cause to undergo the religious ceremony of confirmation

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Confirm

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tr.v. con·firmed, con·firm·ing, con·firms
1.
a. To support or establish the certainty or validity of; verify: confirm a rumor.
b. To reaffirm the establishment of (a reservation or advance arrangement).
2. To make firmer; strengthen: Working on the campaign confirmed her intention to go into politics.
3. To make valid or binding by a formal or legal act; ratify.
4. To administer the religious rite of confirmation to.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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