Confirm 音标拼音: [kənf'ɚm]
vt . 确认,批准;证实,使更坚固,使更坚定
确认,批准;证实,使更坚固,使更坚定
confirm v 1 :
establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts ; "
his story confirmed my doubts "; "
The evidence supports the defendant " [
synonym : {
confirm }, {
corroborate }, {
sustain },
{
substantiate }, {
support }, {
affirm }] [
ant : {
contradict },
{
negate }]
2 :
strengthen or make more firm ; "
The witnesses confirmed the victim '
s account " [
synonym : {
confirm }, {
reassert }]
3 :
make more firm ; "
Confirm thy soul in self -
control !"
4 :
support a person for a position ; "
The Senate confirmed the President '
s candidate for Secretary of Defense "
5 :
administer the rite of confirmation to ; "
the children were confirmed in their mother '
s faith "
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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204 Moby Thesaurus words for "
confirm ":
OK ,
accede ,
accept ,
acclimate ,
acclimatize ,
accommodate ,
accredit ,
accustom ,
acquiesce ,
adapt ,
addict ,
adjust ,
administer the Eucharist ,
affirm ,
amen ,
anoint ,
approve ,
assay ,
assent ,
assure ,
attest ,
audit ,
authenticate ,
authorize ,
autograph ,
back ,
back up ,
be sponsor for ,
bear out ,
bed ,
beef up ,
bind ,
bolster ,
bond ,
brace ,
brace up ,
break ,
break in ,
bring to test ,
buttress ,
case harden ,
certify ,
check ,
check and doublecheck ,
check out ,
check over ,
chrism ,
circumstantiate ,
clinch ,
collate ,
condition ,
consent ,
corroborate ,
cosign ,
countersecure ,
countersign ,
cross -
check ,
cut and try ,
deep -
dye ,
define ,
do duty ,
document ,
domesticate ,
domesticize ,
double -
check ,
embed ,
encourage ,
endorse ,
engraft ,
engrave ,
ensure ,
entrench ,
essay ,
establish ,
etch ,
experiment ,
familiarize ,
fix ,
fortify ,
found ,
gentle ,
gird ,
give a try ,
give a tryout ,
give permission ,
give the go -
ahead ,
give the imprimatur ,
give thumbs up ,
ground ,
guarantee ,
guaranty ,
habituate ,
harden ,
have a go ,
housebreak ,
impact ,
implant ,
impose ,
impress ,
imprint ,
infix ,
ingrain ,
initial ,
inscribe ,
insure ,
inure ,
invigorate ,
jam ,
justify ,
lay hands on ,
lodge ,
make good ,
minister ,
naturalize ,
nerve ,
notarize ,
officiate ,
orient ,
orientate ,
pack ,
painstakingly match ,
pass ,
pass on ,
pass upon ,
perform a rite ,
perform service ,
permit ,
plant ,
play around with ,
practice upon ,
print ,
probate ,
prop ,
prove ,
put to trial ,
ratify ,
recheck ,
recognize ,
refresh ,
reinforce ,
reinvigorate ,
research ,
restrengthen ,
road -
test ,
root ,
rubber stamp ,
run a sample ,
sample ,
sanction ,
say amen to ,
scrutinize comparatively ,
seal ,
season ,
seat ,
second ,
secure ,
set ,
set in ,
settle ,
shake down ,
shore up ,
sign ,
sign and seal ,
sign for ,
sponsor ,
stamp ,
stand behind ,
stand up for ,
steel ,
stereotype ,
stiffen ,
strengthen ,
subscribe ,
subscribe to ,
substantiate ,
support ,
sustain ,
swear and affirm ,
swear to ,
take to ,
tame ,
taste ,
temper ,
test ,
toughen ,
train ,
triple -
check ,
try ,
try it on ,
try out ,
undergird ,
underpin ,
undersign ,
underwrite ,
uphold ,
validate ,
verify ,
visa ,
vise ,
vouch ,
warrant ,
wedge ,
witness ,
wont
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