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Definition of confirm

make more firm; "Confirm thy soul in self-control!"
establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"
strengthen or make more firm; "The witnesses confirmed the victim''s account"
administer the rite of confirmation to; "the children were confirmed in their mother''s faith"
as of a person to a position; "The Senate confirmed the President''s candidate for Secretary of Defense"

Similar Words: corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm, reassert

Hyponyms: back, back up, vouch, verify, prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew, document, validate, uphold, maintain, justify, warrant, corroborate, reconfirm

Derivational Morphology: affirmation, documentation, support, confirmation, verification, check, substantiation, validation, proof, certification, corroboration, reassertion, reaffirmation, ratification

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