confirmed Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
   affirm; substantiate; support; confirm; corroborate; sustain.
   
   • his story confirmed my doubts
   • The evidence supports the defendant
2. verb strengthen or make more firm
   reassert; confirm.
   
   • The witnesses confirmed the victim's account
3. verb make more firm
   confirm.
   
   • Confirm thy soul in self-control!
4. verb support a person for a position
   confirm.
   
   • The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense
5. verb administer the rite of confirmation to
   confirm.
   
   • the children were confirmed in their mother's faith
6. adjective satellite of persons; not subject to change
   
   • a confirmed bachelor
   • a confirmed invalid
7. adjective having been established or made firm or received the rite of confirmation
   
   • confirmed reservations
   • received confirmed reports of casualties
   • a confirmed Catholic

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