Confirm

kon-ferm', v. t. [-firmed (-fermd'), -firmixg.] To make firm, give strength to, render fixed or certain; to render valid by formal a ent. (Eccl.) To administer confirmation to. — Confirm'able, a. — Confirm a'tion, n. Act of confirming, or establishing; that which confirms, convincing testimony; ratification. (Eccl.) A rite in Episcopal churches D3r which one baptized is admitted to the full privileges of the church. — Confirm'ative, -tiv, a. Having power to confirm. — Confirm'atory, -to-rf, a. Serving to confirm; corroborative; pert, to the rite of confirmation.