confirm

v. approve; verify, show to be true; strengthen

Verb
1. establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"
(synonym) corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm
(hyponym) back, back up
(derivation) confirmation
2. strengthen or make more firm; "The witnesses confirmed the victim's account"
(synonym) reassert
(hypernym) affirm
(hyponym) uphold, maintain
(derivation) confirmation
3. make more firm; "Confirm thy soul in self-control!"
(hypernym) strengthen, beef up, fortify
4. as of a person to a position; "The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense"
(hypernym) approve, O.K., okay, sanction
(derivation) ratification, confirmation
5. administer the rite of confirmation to; "the children were confirmed in their mother's faith"
(hypernym) covenant
(classification) religion, faith

(v. t.)
To strengthen in judgment or purpose.
  

(v. t.)
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.
  

(v. t.)
To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish; as, health is confirmed by exercise.
  

(v. t.)
To give new assurance of the truth of; to render certain; to verify; to corroborate; as, to confirm a rumor.
  

(v. t.)
To administer the rite of confirmation to. See Confirmation, 3.
  

v. a.
1. make firm
پکا کرنا , مضبوط کرنا , مستحکم کرنا , تقويت دينا
2. make certain
نشچئے کرنا , پکا کرنا , تحقيق کرنا , ٹھيک کرنا
Whilst all the stars that round her burn
And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole. (Addison) گِرد چمکے ہيں اس کے جو تارے دورہ کرتے ہيں جو کہ سيارے کرتے تصديق ہيں خبر، بارے نور حق کا ظہور ہے سارے F.C.3. ratify
برقرار يا بحال کرنا يا رکھنا, تصديق کرنا
4. (the rite)
کرشٹان کرنا

Synonyms and related words:
OK, accede, accept, acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accredit, accustom, acquiesce, adapt, addict, adjust, administer the Eucharist, affirm, amen, anoint, approve, assay, assent, assure, attest, audit, authenticate, authorize, autograph, back, back up, be sponsor for, bear out, bed, beef up, bind, bolster, bond, brace, brace up, break, break in, bring to test, buttress, case harden, certify, check, check and doublecheck, check out, check over, chrism, circumstantiate, clinch, collate, condition, consent, corroborate, cosign, countersecure, countersign, cross-check, cut and try, deep-dye, define, do duty, document, domesticate, domesticize, double-check, embed, encourage, endorse, engraft, engrave, ensure, entrench, essay, establish, etch, experiment, familiarize, fix, fortify, found, gentle, gird, give a try, give a tryout, give permission, give the go-ahead, give the imprimatur, give thumbs up, ground, guarantee, guaranty, habituate, harden, have a go, housebreak, impact, implant, impose, impress, imprint, infix, ingrain, initial, inscribe, insure, inure, invigorate, jam, justify, lay hands on, lodge, make good, minister, naturalize, nerve, notarize, officiate, orient, orientate, pack, painstakingly match, pass, pass on, pass upon, perform a rite, perform service, permit, plant, play around with, practice upon, print, probate, prop, prove, put to trial, ratify, recheck, recognize, refresh, reinforce, reinvigorate, research, restrengthen, road-test, root, rubber stamp, run a sample, sample, sanction, say amen to, scrutinize comparatively, seal, season, seat, second, secure, set, set in, settle, shake down, shore up, sign, sign and seal, sign for, sponsor, stamp, stand behind, stand up for, steel, stereotype, stiffen, strengthen, subscribe, subscribe to, substantiate, support, sustain, swear and affirm, swear to, take to, tame, taste, temper, test, toughen, train, triple-check, try, try it on, try out, undergird, underpin, undersign, underwrite, uphold, validate, verify, visa, vise, vouch, warrant, wedge, witness, wont,