Definition of confirm
- v. t. - To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to
establish; as, health is confirmed by exercise.
- v. t. - To strengthen in judgment or purpose.
- v. t. - To give new assurance of the truth of; to render
certain; to verify; to corroborate; as, to confirm a rumor.
- v. t. - 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.
- v. t. - To administer the rite of confirmation to. See
Confirmation, 3.