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confirm

con·firm

UK/kənˈfɜːm/ US/kənˈfɝm/ common

verb

1.

establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

  • “his story confirmed my doubts”
  • “The evidence supports the defendant”
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2.

strengthen or make more firm

  • “The witnesses confirmed the victim”
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3.

make more firm

  • “Confirm thy soul in self-control!”
4.

as of a person to a position

  • “The Senate confirmed the President”
5.

administer the rite of confirmation to

  • “the children were confirmed in their mother”

Origin

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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