CONFIRM

• (verb) make more firm

  "Confirm thy soul in self-control!"

• (verb) establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

  "his story confirmed my doubts", "The evidence supports the defendant"

  synonyms : affirm , corroborate , substantiate , support , sustain

• (verb) strengthen or make more firm

  "The witnesses confirmed the victim's account"

  synonyms : reassert

• (verb) administer the rite of confirmation to

  "the children were confirmed in their mother's faith"

• (verb) support a person for a position

  "The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense"

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