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confirm

verb

make more firm

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Word Facts

Word length
7
Starts with
C
Ends with
M
Contains
ON
Scrabble score
14
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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verb

  1. make more firm

    “Confirm thy soul in self-control!”

verb

  1. establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

    “his story confirmed my doubts”

verb

  1. strengthen or make more firm

    “The witnesses confirmed the victim's account”

verb

  1. administer the rite of confirmation to

    “the children were confirmed in their mother's faith”

verb

  1. support a person for a position

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

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Example Sentences

Confirm thy soul in self-control!
his story confirmed my doubts
The evidence supports the defendant
The witnesses confirmed the victim's account
the children were confirmed in their mother's faith
The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense

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