confirm

== English == === Alternative forms === confirme (obsolete) === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kənˈfɜːm/ (General American) IPA(key): /kənˈfɝm/ (South Asia) IPA(key): /kənˈfɜ(r)m/ (rounded, proscribed) IPA(key): /kənˈfɔ(r)m/ Homophone: conform Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m Hyphenation: con‧firm === Verb === confirm (third-person singular simple present confirms, present participle confirming, simple past and past participle confirmed) To strengthen; to make firm or resolute. (transitive, Christianity) To administer the sacrament of confirmation on (someone). To assure the accuracy of previous statements. (transitive) To approve a proposal or nomination. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (to strengthen): See Thesaurus:strengthen (to affirm the accuracy of): corroborate; roborate (obs.) (to approve): roborate (obs.) ==== Antonyms ==== infirm disconfirm deny dispute contradict question ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== confirmability confirmation ==== Descendants ==== ⇒ Cantonese: firm (foem1) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== verify corroborate establish prove === Adverb === confirm (not comparable) (Singlish, Manglish) For sure, definitely. ==== Derived terms ==== confirm plus chop === Further reading === “confirm”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “confirm”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “confirm”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.