'Confirm' definitions:
Definition of 'confirm'
From: WordNet
verb
Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant" [syn: confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm] [ant: contradict, negate]
verb
Strengthen or make more firm; "The witnesses confirmed the victim's account" [syn: confirm, reassert]
verb
Make more firm; "Confirm thy soul in self-control!"
verb
Support a person for a position; "The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense"
verb
Administer the rite of confirmation to; "the children were confirmed in their mother's faith"
Definition of 'Confirm'
From: GCIDE
- Confirm \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. [1913 Webster]
- Confirm the crown to me and to mine heirs. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law. --Ps. cv. 10. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To strengthen in judgment or purpose. [1913 Webster]
- Confirmed, then, I resolve Adam shall share with me in bliss or woe. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To give new assurance of the truth of; to render certain; to verify; to corroborate; as, to confirm a rumor. [1913 Webster]
- Your eyes shall witness and confirm my tale. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- These likelihoods confirm her flight. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- That treaty so prejudicial ought to have been remitted rather than confimed. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Eccl.) To administer the rite of confirmation to. See Confirmation, 3. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'confirm'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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