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Meaning of 'confirm' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Confirm [ v. t.]
- To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish; as, health is confirmed by exercise.
- To strengthen in judgment or purpose.
- To give new assurance of the truth of; to render certain; to verify; to corroborate; as, to confirm a rumor.
- 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.
- To administer the rite of confirmation to. See Confirmation, 3.

Meaning of 'confirm' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . confirm [ v]
Meaning (1):
- make more firm
Example in sentence:
  • Confirm thy soul in self-control!
Meaning (2):
- establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
Example in sentence:
  • his story confirmed my doubts;
  • The evidence supports the defendant
Meaning (3):
- administer the rite of confirmation to
Example in sentence:
  • the children were confirmed in their mother's faith
Meaning (4):
- support a person for a position
Example in sentence:
  • The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense
Meaning (5):
- strengthen or make more firm
Example in sentence:
  • The witnesses confirmed the victim's account

Nearby Words:

con con- conacre conarium conation conative conatus concamerate concameration concatenate

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