Overview of verb confirm

The verb confirm has 5 senses

• 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")


• confirm, reassert -- (strengthen or make more firm; "The witnesses confirmed the victim's account")


• confirm -- (make more firm; "Confirm thy soul in self-control!")


• confirm -- (support a person for a position; "The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense")


• confirm -- (administer the rite of confirmation to; "the children were confirmed in their mother's faith")

Overview of adj confirmed

The adj confirmed has 2 senses

• confirmed -- (of persons; not subject to change; "a confirmed bachelor"; "a confirmed invalid")


• confirmed -- (having been established or made firm or received the rite of confirmation; "confirmed reservations"; "received confirmed reports of casualties"; "a confirmed Catholic")