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Definition of confirm

Confirm
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.

Meaning of confirm from wikipedia

- sacraments, since, "in addition to the bishop, the law gives the faculty to confirm to the following, [...] priests who, in virtue of an office which they...
- refers to a response to a request for information that will "neither confirm nor deny" (NCND) the existence of the information sought. For example,...
- CONFIRM was an ambitious IT project supposed to create a single computer reservations system/global distribution system used by airline, rental car, and...
- A confirming house is a specialised UK agency that purchases and arranges the export of goods on the behalf of overseas buyers. They finance the movement...
- Confirm or Deny is a 1941 film made by 20th Century Fox, directed by Archie Mayo and Fritz Lang (uncredited), and starring Don Ameche and Joan Bennett...
- some additional information before it can continue, or may simply wish to confirm that the user wants to proceed with a potentially dangerous course of action...
- In game theory, self-confirming equilibrium is a generalization of Nash equilibrium for extensive form games, in which players correctly predict the moves...
- remainder is 1), the check digit is an uppercase X (like a Roman ten). To confirm the check digit, calculate the sum of all eight digits of the ISSN multiplied...
- to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monotheistic teachings of Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and other prophets...
- A re****urance marker or confirming marker is a type of traffic sign that confirms the identity of the route being traveled on. It does not provide information...