confirm

verb

1. establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

   verb.cognition

   Examples

   His story confirmed my doubts.

   Synonyms affirm corroborate substantiate support sustain

   Antonyms contradict negate

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. strengthen or make more firm

   verb.communication

   Examples

   The witnesses confirmed the victim's account.

   Synonyms reassert

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. make more firm

   verb.change

   Examples

   Confirm thy soul in self-control!

   Source: WordNet 3.0

4. support a person for a position

   verb.social

   Examples

   The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

5. administer the rite of confirmation to

   verb.social

   Examples

   The children were confirmed in their mother's faith.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

6. To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish; as, health is <i>confirmed</i> by exercise.

   verb

   Source: webster1913