Confirm
adv, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.
- 2 make more firm wordnet
- 3 To administer the sacrament of confirmation on (someone). transitive
"She pulled through with the boy till he was confirmed; but then she told him that she could not feed him any longer; he would have to go out and earn his own bread."
- 4 establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts wordnet
- 5 To assure the accuracy of previous statements.
"Despite all the evidence confirming the existence of the Protheans, little is known about their culture and society. From time to time, dig sites will yield new clues, but after 50,000 years of decay, little of value is unearthed."
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- 6 strengthen or make more firm wordnet
- 7 To approve a proposal or nomination. transitive
"The Senate must confirm federal court appointments."
- 8 administer the rite of confirmation to wordnet
- 9 support a person for a position wordnet
- 1 For sure, definitely. Manglish, Singlish, not-comparable
"This is confirm not my handwriting."
Example
More examples"We will confirm your order as follows."
Etymology
From Middle English confirmen, confermen, from Old French confermer, from Latin cōnfirmāre (“to make firm, strengthen, establish”), from con- (“together”) + firmāre (“to make firm”), from firmus (“firm”).
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