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confirm

/ confirm /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
"Confirm thy soul in self-control!"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 2
"his story confirmed my doubts"
"The evidence supports the defendant"
Opposites:
negate contradict
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Something ----s somebody
verb Sense 3
"The witnesses confirmed the victim''s account"
Type of:
affirm
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Something ----s somebody
verb Sense 4
"the children were confirmed in their mother''s faith"
Type of:
covenant
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Domain:
religion faith
verb Sense 5
as of a person to a position
"The Senate confirmed the President''s candidate for Secretary of Defense"
Type of:
approve O.K. okay
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Semantic Complexity
52%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
32
Times Searched
2
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