Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - confirm
Confirm
confirm
v.tr. 1 provide support for the truth or correctness of; make definitely valid (confirmed my suspicions; confirmed his arrival time). 2 (foll. by in) encourage (a person) in (an opinion etc.). 3 establish more firmly (power, possession, etc.). 4 ratify (a treaty, possession, title, etc.); make formally valid. 5 administer the religious rite of confirmation to. Derivatives confirmative adj. confirmatory adj. Etymology: ME f. OF confermer f. L confirmare (as com-, firm(1))
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transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French cunfermer, from Latin ~are, from com+ firmare to make firm, from firmus firm Date: 13th century to give approval to ; ratify , to make firm or firmer ; strengthen , to administer the rite of ~ation to, to give new assurance of the validity of ; remove doubt about by authoritative act or indisputable fact , ~ability noun ~able adjective Synonyms: see: ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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