confirm

confirm
transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French cunfermer, from Latin confirmare, from com- + firmare to make firm, from firmus firm Date: 13th century 1. to give approval to ; ratify <
confirm a treaty
>
2. to make firm or firmer ; strengthen <
confirm one's resolve
>
3. to administer the rite of confirmation to 4. to give new assurance of the validity of ; remove doubt about by authoritative act or indisputable fact <
confirm a rumor
>
<
confirm an order
>
confirmability nounconfirmable adjective Synonyms: confirm, corroborate, substantiate, verify, authenticate, validate mean to attest to the truth or validity of something. confirm implies the removing of doubts by an authoritative statement or indisputable fact <
confirmed the reports
>
. corroborate suggests the strengthening of what is already partly established <
witnesses corroborated his story
>
. substantiate implies the offering of evidence that sustains the contention <
the claims have yet to be substantiated
>
. verify implies the establishing of correspondence of actual facts or details with those proposed or guessed at <
all statements of fact in the article have been verified
>
. authenticate implies establishing genuineness by adducing legal or official documents or expert opinion <
handwriting experts authenticated the diaries
>
. validate implies establishing validity by authoritative affirmation or by factual proof <
validated the hypothesis by experiments
>
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New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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