Definitions
To verify or make certain.
Word origin
From Middle English confirmen, confermen, from Old French confermer, from Latin cōnfirmāre (“to make firm, strengthen, establish”), from con- (“together”) + firmāre (“to make firm”), from firmus (“firm”).
Used in a sentence
“She pulled through with the boy till he was confirmed; but then she told him that she could not feed him any longer; he would have to go out and earn his own bread.”
“Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII, was baptized and confirmed at the age of three days.”
“The Senate must confirm federal court appointments.”
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