confirm
(verb)
verb
1. establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
- his story confirmed my doubts
Similar word(s): affirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, sustain
Definition categories: cognition
2. strengthen or make more firm
- The witnesses confirmed the victim's account
Similar word(s): reassert
Definition categories: communication, affirm
3. make more firm
- Confirm thy soul in self-control!
Definition categories: change, fortify, strengthen
4. support a person for a position
- The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense
Definition categories: social, approve, okay, sanction
5. administer the rite of confirmation to
- the children were confirmed in their mother's faith