confirming Meaning, Definition & Usage

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
verb strengthen or make more firm
reassert; confirm.
- The witnesses confirmed the victim's account
verb make more firm
confirm.
- Confirm thy soul in self-control!
verb support a person for a position
confirm.
- The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense
verb administer the rite of confirmation to
confirm.
- the children were confirmed in their mother's faith
adjective indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen
positive.
- a positive pregnancy test
adjective satellite serving to support or corroborate
collateral; verificatory; validating; verifying; substantiative; confirmatory; corroboratory; corroborative; substantiating; validatory; confirmative.
- collateral evidence