v. t. | 1. | To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish; |
2. | To strengthen in judgment or purpose. | |
3. | To give new assurance of the truth of; to render certain; to verify; to corroborate; | |
4. | To render valid by formal assent; to complete by a necessary sanction; to ratify; | |
5. | (Eccl.) To administer the rite of confirmation to. See Confirmation, 3. |
Verb | 1. | confirm - establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant" |
2. | confirm - strengthen or make more firm; "The witnesses confirmed the victim's account" Synonyms: reassert | |
3. | confirm - make more firm; "Confirm thy soul in self-control!" | |
4. | confirm - as of a person to a position; "The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense" | |
5. | confirm - administer the rite of confirmation to; "the children were confirmed in their mother's faith" |