verb
definition
To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.
definition
To administer the sacrament of confirmation on (someone).
definition
To assure the accuracy of previous statements.
Examples of confirm in a Sentence
Betsy was hopeful she might be able to confirm where the people had lived.
A bunch of people confirm it.
Ethel Rosewater called to confirm Thursday night.
She turned slowly and craned her head to confirm the design covered every inch of her exposed neck.
I'm waiting for Jenn to confirm, and we'll schedule to take it out tomorrow morning, Toni said.
We were going to confirm, but he freaked out.
I'm uploading information to confirm the order for assistance.
She pulled up her shirt to confirm the bruises were gone.
Denying it seemed fruitless yet I couldn't bring myself to confirm what she was saying.
If the maid gave her the airline info, she could call to confirm her sister was on board.
A fisherman had thought he'd sighted a body in the bay, but it was too far away to confirm and, with night approaching, the shape was lost in the darkening swells.
He called in to confirm but then lost the vehicle in traffic.
It took the group only moments to confirm the year—1961.
No serious observer, acquainted with modern microscopic technical methods, has been able to confirm the explanation of their observations.
She wanted nothing more than to lie down and sleep, but she need to confirm what her instincts told her before she acted.
The court contemplated by the convention was a court of appeal for reviewing prize decisions of national courts both as to facts and as to the law applied, and, in the exercise of its judicial discretion, not only to confirm in whole or in part the national decision or the contrary, but also to certify its judgment to the national court for enforcement thereof.
He'd be able to read her mind and confirm she was indeed intent on destroying the gateway between the realms.
He rejected with indignation the miraculous stories told to confirm the doctrine of transubstantiation.
He finds a remarkable agreement between the theoretical and experimental values, which it would be important to confirm with the more suitable instruments which are now at our disposal, as we might in this way get an estimate of the energy of translatory motion of the luminous molecules.
He opened it to confirm his presumption regarding Sarah's hair.
Tests of blood, urine, and tissue can be used to confirm the diagnosis.
He checked her thoughts to confirm she changed her ticket then rose.
But they were unable to confirm or deny.
Nominated chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States in 1795, he presided during the August term, but the Senate refused to confirm the nomination, apparently because of his opposition to the Jay Treaty.
Norfolk called to confirm Dean's flight, adding there was nothing much new on the case from their end.
Also, be sure to confirm the shipping cost as some eBay users charge inordinate amounts for shipping.
This procedure, also called the glucose loading test, is performed to evaluate excessive baseline levels of hGH and to confirm diagnosis of gigantism in children (and acromegaly in adults).
Although laboratory studies are seldom performed, the physician may order further blood tests or cultures of the lesions in order to confirm the diagnosis and rule out other causes.
The test helps diagnose or confirm certain febrile diseases that are known to be associated with febrile agglutinins.
In order to confirm a diagnosis of enterobacterial infection, physicians usually rely on patient history, physical examination, and laboratory tests.
He identified several major flaws in her defense, struck them multiple times to confirm, and caught her wrist to stop her.
Imaging studies are used to confirm diagnosis.
Other tests are likely be done to confirm a diagnosis.
Diagnosis of a pervasive developmental disorder is difficult because there is no specific medical test, like a blood test or imaging test that can confirm the diagnosis.
The name "mountain house" suggests a lofty structure and was perhaps the designation originally of the staged tower at Nippur, built in imitation of a mountain, with the sacred shrine of the god on the top. The tower, however, also had its special designation of "Im-Khar-sag," the elements of which, signifying "storm" and "mountain," confirm the conclusion drawn from other evidence that En-lil was originally a storm-god having his seat on the top of a mountain.
The committee's opinion on these two points (among others) was endorsed by the House and on the 16th of March it ordered a Bill to be brought in to restore all corporations to the state and condition they were in on the 29th of May 1660, and to confirm the liberties and franchises which at that time they respectively held and enjoyed.'
While the information obtained by surface explorations is always valuable, and sometimes conclusive, as to the value of the deposit, it is usually necessary to supplement Under- Ex- and confirm it by underground work.
At the height of his country's disasters he sought to confirm his own power by making terms with the Florentines, by yielding certain castles to Lucca, and by neglecting to conclude negotiations with the Genoese for the release of the prisoners, lest these should all prove more or less hostile to himself.
In 1315 the Scottish parliament met in the church of St John to confirm the succession of Edward Bruce to the throne.
The words "confirm" and "confirmation" are not used in the Bible in this technical sense, which has only grown up since the 5th century, and only in the Western churches of Christendom and in their offshoots, but the rite itself has been practised in the Church from the beginning.
But this list of forty names, corresponding to the years of wandering, is from a post-exilic source, and may be based merely upon a knowledge of caravan-routes; even if it be of older origin, it is of secondary value since it represents a tradition differing notably from that in the earlier narratives themselves, and these on inspection confirm Judg.
The two opposite processes confirm the inference that both are due to some change of race, not merely to a change of custom in the same population in a later age; for in that case the change would have been in one direction only.
Having thus begun by touch and tactile inference, we confirm and extend our inferences of bodies in Nature by using the rest of the senses.
Open all year, daily from 10 am, seasonal variations in closing times please call to confirm.
All Napoleon's wars serve to confirm this rule.
The hGH stimulation test, also called hGH provocation test, insulin tolerance, or arginine test, is performed to test the body's ability to produce human growth hormone and to confirm suspected hGH deficiency.
Samples of tissue from an affected area may also confirm a diagnosis.
Laboratory blood test looks for the virus or to confirm the presence of antibodies that fight the virus.
In some cases, these tests are not conclusive enough to confirm the diagnosis of congenital cardiovascular defects.
Concentrations that are above the normal range can confirm the initial suspected diagnosis.