Confirm

·vt To strengthen in judgment or purpose.

II. Confirm ·vt To administer the rite of confirmation to. ·see Confirmation, 3.

III. Confirm ·vt To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to Establish; as, health is confirmed by exercise.

IV. Confirm ·vt To give new assurance of the truth of; to render certain; to Verify; to Corroborate; as, to confirm a rumor.

V. Confirm ·vt To render valid by formal assent; to complete by a necessary sanction; to Ratify; as, to confirm the appoinment of an official; the Senate confirms a treaty.