| confirm | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. affirm, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, sustain | establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts.; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant" |
| ~ back up, back | establish as valid or genuine.; "Can you back up your claims?" |
| ~ vouch | give supporting evidence.; "He vouched his words by his deeds" |
| ~ verify | confirm the truth of.; "Please verify that the doors are closed"; "verify a claim" |
| ~ shew, demonstrate, prove, show, establish | establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment.; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture" |
| ~ document | support or supply with references.; "Can you document your claims?" |
| ~ validate | prove valid; show or confirm the validity of something. |
| v. (communication) | 2. confirm, reassert | strengthen or make more firm.; "The witnesses confirmed the victim's account" |
| ~ uphold, maintain | support against an opponent.; "The appellate court upheld the verdict" |
| ~ justify, warrant | show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for.; "The emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns"; "The end justifies the means" |
| ~ affirm | say yes to. |
| ~ verify | attach or append a legal verification to (a pleading or petition). |
| ~ corroborate, validate | give evidence for. |
| ~ reconfirm | confirm again.; "You must reconfirm your flight reservations" |
| v. (change) | 3. confirm | make more firm.; "Confirm thy soul in self-control!" |
| ~ beef up, fortify, strengthen | make strong or stronger.; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries" |
| v. (social) | 4. confirm | support a person for a position.; "The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense" |
| ~ approve, o.k., okay, sanction | give sanction to.; "I approve of his educational policies" |
| v. (social) | 5. confirm | administer the rite of confirmation to.; "the children were confirmed in their mother's faith" |
| ~ organized religion, religion, faith | an institution to express belief in a divine power.; "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted him" |
| ~ covenant | enter into a covenant. |
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