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confirm
(k/@/n'f/[@]/rm )

verb (v)

  • establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts(verb.cognition)
    Example:
    His story confirmed my doubts.
    source: wordnet30
  • strengthen or make more firm(verb.communication)
    Example:
    The witnesses confirmed the victim's account.
    Synonym:
    reassert
    source: wordnet30
  • make more firm(verb.change)
    Example:
    Confirm thy soul in self-control!.
    source: wordnet30
  • support a person for a position(verb.social)
    Example:
    The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense.
    source: wordnet30
  • administer the rite of confirmation to(verb.social)
    Example:
    The children were confirmed in their mother's faith.
    source: wordnet30
  • To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish; as, health is confirmed by exercise.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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