confirm

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
  2. verb strengthen or make more firm
  3. verb make more firm

Etymology

From Middle English confirmen, confermen, from Old French confermer, from Latin cōnfirmāre (“to make firm, strengthen, establish”), from con- (“together”) + firmāre (“to make firm”), from firmus (“firm”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm

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