Confirm

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To support or establish the certainty or validity of; verify.
  • v. To make firmer; strengthen: Working on the campaign confirmed her intention to go into politics.
  • v. To make valid or binding by a formal or legal act; ratify.
  • v. To administer the religious rite of confirmation to.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.
  • v. To confer the Christian sacrament of confirmation.
  • v. To assure the accuracy of previous statements.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish.
  • v. To strengthen in judgment or purpose.
  • v. To give new assurance of the truth of; to render certain; to verify; to corroborate.
  • v. To render valid by formal assent; to complete by a necessary sanction; to ratify.
  • v. To administer the rite of confirmation to. See Confirmation, 3.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make firm, or more firm; add strength to; strengthen: as, one's resolution is confirmed by the approval of another.
  • To settle or establish; render fixed or secure.
  • To make certain or sure; give new assurance of truth or certainty to; put past doubt; verify.
  • To certify or give assurance to; inform positively.
  • To sanction; ratify; consummate; make valid or binding by some formal or legal act: as, to confirm an agreement, promise, covenant, or title.
  • To strengthen in resolution, purpose, or opinion; fortify.
  • Eccles., to admit to the full privileges of church-membership by the imposition of hands; administer the rite of confirmation to. See confirmation, 1 .
  • Synonyms Corroborate, substantiate.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. support a person for a position
  • v. administer the rite of confirmation to
  • v. establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
  • v. strengthen or make more firm
  • v. make more firm
  • Antonym
    dispute    deny    contradict    disconfirm    question   
    Verb Form
    confirmed    confirming    confirms   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    approve    okay    OK    sanction    covenant    beef up    fortify    strengthen   
    Cross Reference
    prove    verify    establish    corroborate   
    Variant
    Hyponym
    vouch    prove    demonstrate    document    shew    verify    establish    back    show    back up   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ratify    substantiate    fix    verify    establish    settle    corroborate    strengthen    assure   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Germ    Herm    affirm    berm    ferm    firm    germ    herm    infirm    long-term