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
"Confirm thy soul in self-control!"; "The witnesses confirmed the victim's account";
- reassert
- Support a person for a position
"The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense"
- (religion) administer the rite of confirmation to
"the children were confirmed in their mother's faith"
Derived forms: confirmed, confirming, confirms
Type of: act, affirm, approve, beef up [informal], covenant, fortify, greenlight, green-light, move, O.K., OK, okay, sanction, strengthen
Antonym: contradict
Encyclopedia: Confirm