confirm
Meaning
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- To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.
- To administer the sacrament of confirmation on (someone).
- To assure the accuracy of previous statements.
- To approve a proposal or nomination.
Synonyms
make firm
make certain
make sure of
declare
bolster up
assert strongly
give confidence to
approve of
allege
see with one’s own eyes
tell firmly
bear witness to
make official
Frequency
Hyphenated as
con‧firm
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kənˈfɜːm/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English confirmen, confermen, from Old French confermer, from Latin cōnfirmāre (“to make firm, strengthen, establish”), from con- (“together”) + firmāre (“to make firm”), from firmus (“firm”).
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