"confirm" in the verb sense
1. confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm
establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
"his story confirmed my doubts"
"The evidence supports the defendant"
2. confirm, reassert
strengthen or make more firm
"The witnesses confirmed the victim's account"
3. confirm
make more firm
"Confirm thy soul in self-control!"
4. confirm
support a person for a position
"The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense"
5. confirm
administer the rite of confirmation to
"the children were confirmed in their mother's faith"
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