confirming 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 indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen
    positive.
    • a positive pregnancy test
  7. adjective satellite serving to support or corroborate
    collateral; verificatory; validating; verifying; substantiative; confirmatory; corroboratory; corroborative; substantiating; validatory; confirmative.
    • collateral evidence

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