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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