[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

confirm \confirm"\, 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.
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            confirm the crown to me and to mine heirs. --shak.
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            and confirmed the same unto jacob for a law. --ps.
                                                  cv. 10.
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   2. to strengthen in judgment or purpose.
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            confirmed, then, i resolve
            adam shall share with me in bliss or woe. --milton.
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   3. to give new assurance of the truth of; to render certain;
      to verify; to corroborate; as, to confirm a rumor.
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            your eyes shall witness and confirm my tale. --pope.
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            these likelihoods confirm her flight. --shak.
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   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.
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            that treaty so prejudicial ought to have been
            remitted rather than confimed.        --swift.
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   5. eccl. to administer the rite of confirmation to. see
      confirmation, 3.
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            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.
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see also:
confrmed confirming firm confirmation 

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