CONFIRMED

confirmed

(adjective) of persons; not subject to change; “a confirmed bachelor”; “a confirmed invalid”

confirmed

(adjective) having been established or made firm or received the rite of confirmation; “confirmed reservations”; “received confirmed reports of casualties”; “a confirmed Catholic”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

confirmed

simple past tense and past participle of confirm

Adjective

confirmed

having a settled habit; inveterate or habitual

verified or ratified

(Christianity) having received the rite of confirmation

Synonyms

• (verified): sicker

Antonyms

• unconfirmed

Source: Wiktionary


CONFIRM

Con*firm", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Confrmed; p.pr. & vb.n. Confirming.] Etym: [OE. confermen, confirmen, OF. confermer, F. confirmer, fr. L. confirmare; con- + firmare to make firm, fr. firmus firm. See Firm.]

1. To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish; as, health is confirmed by exercise. Confirm the crown to me and to mine heirs. Shak. Annd confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law. Ps. cv. 10.

2. To strengthen in judgment or purpose. Confirmed, then, I resolve Adam shall share with me in bliss or woe. Milton.

3. To give new assurance of the truth of; to render certain; to verify; to corroborate; as, to confirm a rumor. Your eyes shall witness and confirm my tale. Pope. These likelihoods confirm her flight. Shak.

4. To render valid by formal assent; to complete by a necessary sanction; to ratify; as, to confirm the appoinment of an official; the Senate confirms a treaty. That treaty so prejudicial ought to have been remitted rather than confimed. Swift.

5. (Eccl.)

Definition: To administer the rite of confirmation to. See Confirmation, 3. Those which are thus confirmed are thereby supposed to be fit for admission to the sacrament. Hammond.

Syn.

– To strengthen; corroborate; substantiate; establish; fix; ratify; settle; verify; assure.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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