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Verb: confirm kun'furm- Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
"his story confirmed my doubts" - corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm - Strengthen or make more firm
"The witnesses confirmed the victim's account" - reassert - Make more firm
"Confirm thy soul in self-control!" - Support a person for a position
"The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense" - Administer the rite of confirmation to
"the children were confirmed in their mother's faith"
Derived forms: confirming, confirms, confirmed See also: confirmation, confirmative Type of: affirm, approve, beef up, covenant, fortify, O.K., okay, sanction, strengthen Encyclopedia: Confirm |