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1. confirm - verb

· 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




2. confirm - verb

· strengthen or make more firm; "The witnesses confirmed the victim's account"

Synonym(s): reassert

Hypernym(s): affirm




3. confirm - verb

· make more firm; "Confirm thy soul in self-control!"

Hypernym(s): strengthen, beef_up, fortify




4. confirm - verb

· support a person for a position; "The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense"

Hypernym(s): approve, O.K., okay, sanction




5. confirm - verb

· administer the rite of confirmation to; "the children were confirmed in their mother's faith"

Hypernym(s): covenant





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