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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
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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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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.

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