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▪ I. confirming, vbl. n.|kənˈfɜːmɪŋ|
[f. confirm + -ing1.]
1. The action of the verb confirm; confirmation.
1297R. Glouc. (1724) 277 And myd gode chartre..made confermyng. c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 364 Confermyng of men is nought but ȝif God conferm bifore. a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Jas. V Wks. 108 The confirming of a peace between the emperor and the French king.
†2. The religious rite of confirmation. Obs.
a1300Cursor M. 19552 (Cott.) Mai naman..Conferming giue, bot biscop hand. a1400Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. (1867) 7 The secunde sacrament es confermynge. 1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. lxvi. §6 The manner..was in confirming to use anointing.
▪ II. conˈfirming, ppl. a.
[-ing2.]
That confirms; confirmatory.
1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 97 By reason of its..confirming faculty. 1864Kinglake in Leisure Ho. 80/1 The supply of fresh confirming proof.
Hence conˈfirmingly adv.
1603B. Jonson Jas. I's Entertainm., To which, the vow that they used..somewhat confirmingly alludes. |