Definition of confirm

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of confirm is as below...

Confirm (v. t.) To administer the rite of confirmation to. See Confirmation, 3..

Lern More About Confirm

Verify :: Verify (v. t.) To confirm or establish the authenticity of by examination or competent evidence; to authenciate; as, to verify a written statement; to verify an account, a pleading, or the like..
Impose :: Impose (v. t.) To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination..
Reestablish :: Reestablish (v. t.) To establish anew; to fix or confirm again; to restore; as, to reestablish a covenant; to reestablish health..
Bishop :: Bishop (v. t.) To admit into the church by confirmation; to confirm; hence, to receive formally to favor..
Confirm :: Confirm (v. t.) 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..
Imposition :: Imposition (n.) The act of laying on the hands as a religious ceremoy, in ordination, confirmation, etc..
Confirming :: Confirming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Confir.
Void :: Void (a.) Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification; null. Cf. Voidable, 2..
Thicken :: Thicken (v. t.) To strengthen; to confirm.
Pancarte :: Pancarte (n.) A royal charter confirming to a subject all his possessions.
Firm :: Firm (a.) To fix; to settle; to confirm; to establish.
Voucher :: Voucher (n.) A book, paper, or document which serves to vouch the truth of accounts, or to confirm and establish facts of any kind; also, any acquittance or receipt showing the payment of a debt; as, the merchant's books are his vouchers for the correctness of his accounts; notes, bonds, receipts, and other writings, are used as vouchers in proving facts..
Option :: Option (n.) A right formerly belonging to an archbishop to select any one dignity or benefice in the gift of a suffragan bishop consecrated or confirmed by him, for bestowal by himself when next vacant; -- annulled by Parliament in 1845..
Priest :: Priest (n.) A presbyter; one who belongs to the intermediate order between bishop and deacon. He is authorized to perform all ministerial services except those of ordination and confirmation.
Establish :: Establish (a.) To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm.
Establishment :: Establishment (n.) The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.
Reassurance :: Reassurance (n.) Assurance or confirmation renewed or repeated.
Seal :: Seal (v. t.) To set or affix a seal to; hence, to authenticate; to confirm; to ratify; to establish; as, to seal a deed..
Compurgation :: Compurgation (v. t.) The act or practice of justifying or confirming a man's veracity by the oath of others; -- called also wager of law. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager..
Obsignatory :: Obsignatory (a.) Ratifying; confirming by sealing.
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us