confirm

verbs

establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
"his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"
affirm, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, sustain
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confirmatory
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confirmation
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confirmation
strengthen or make more firm
"The witnesses confirmed the victim's account"
confirm, reassert
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confirmatory
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make more firm
"Confirm thy soul in self-control!"
confirm
is a type of (narrower)
make strong or stronger
"This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries"
beef up, fortify, strengthen
support a person for a position
"The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense"
confirm
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confirmation
is a type of (narrower)
give sanction to
"I approve of his educational policies"
O.K., approve, okay, sanction
administer the rite of confirmation to
"the children were confirmed in their mother's faith"
confirm
domain category
an institution to express belief in a divine power
"he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted him"
faith, organized religion, religion
is a type of (narrower)
enter into a covenant
covenant