· establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"
Synonym(s): corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm
· strengthen or make more firm; "The witnesses confirmed the victim's account"
Synonym(s): reassert
Hypernym(s): affirm
· make more firm; "Confirm thy soul in self-control!"
Hypernym(s): strengthen, beef_up, fortify
· support a person for a position; "The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense"
Hypernym(s): approve, O.K., okay, sanction
· administer the rite of confirmation to; "the children were confirmed in their mother's faith"
Hypernym(s): covenant