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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Confirm \Con*firm"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confrmed}; p. pr & vb n. {Confirming}.] [OE. confermen, confirmen, OF confermer, F. confirmer, fr L. confirmare con- + firmare to make firm, fr firmus firm. See {Firm}.] 1. To make firm or firmer; to add strength to to establish; as health is confirmed by exercise. Confirm the crown to me and to mine heirs. --Shak. And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law. --Ps. cv 10. 2. To strengthen in judgment or purpose. Confirmed, then, I resolve Adam shall share with me in bliss or woe. --Milton. 3. To give new assurance of the truth of to render certain; to verify; to corroborate; as to confirm a rumor. Your eyes shall witness and confirm my tale. --Pope. These likelihoods confirm her flight. --Shak. 4. To render valid by formal assent; to complete by a necessary sanction; to ratify; as to confirm the appoinment of an official; the Senate confirms a treaty. That treaty so prejudicial ought to have been remitted rather than confimed. --Swift. 5. (Eccl.) To administer the rite of confirmation to See {Confirmation}, 3. Those which are thus confirmed are thereby supposed to be fit for admission to the sacrament. --Hammond. Syn: To strengthen; corroborate; substantiate; establish; fix; ratify; settle; verify; assure. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: confirming adj 1: (med) indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen; "a positive pregnancy test" [syn: {positive}] [ant: {negative}] 2: serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence" [syn: {collateral}, {confirmative}, {confirmatory}, {corroborative}, {corroboratory}, {substantiating}, {substantiative}, {validating}, {validatory}, {verificatory}, {verifying}]
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