From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Confirm \Con*firm"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confrmed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Confirming}.] [OE. confermen, confirmen, OF.
confermer, F. confirmer, fr. L. confirmare; con- + firmare to
make firm, fr. firmus firm. See {Firm}.]
1. To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish;
as, health is confirmed by exercise.
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Confirm the crown to me and to mine heirs. --Shak.
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And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law. --Ps.
cv. 10.
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2. To strengthen in judgment or purpose.
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Confirmed, then, I resolve
Adam shall share with me in bliss or woe. --Milton.
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3. To give new assurance of the truth of; to render certain;
to verify; to corroborate; as, to confirm a rumor.
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Your eyes shall witness and confirm my tale. --Pope.
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These likelihoods confirm her flight. --Shak.
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4. 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.
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That treaty so prejudicial ought to have been
remitted rather than confimed. --Swift.
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5. (Eccl.) To administer the rite of confirmation to. See
{Confirmation}, 3.
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Those which are thus confirmed are thereby supposed
to be fit for admission to the sacrament. --Hammond.
Syn: To strengthen; corroborate; substantiate; establish;
fix; ratify; settle; verify; assure.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
confirming
adj 1: indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition
or pathogen; "a positive pregnancy test" [syn:
{positive}, {confirming}] [ant: {disconfirming},
{negative}]
2: serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence"
[syn: {collateral}, {confirmative}, {confirming},
{confirmatory}, {corroborative}, {corroboratory},
{substantiating}, {substantiative}, {validating},
{validatory}, {verificatory}, {verifying}]
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