Confirm

kon-fėrm′, v.t. to strengthen: to fix or establish: to ratify: to verify: to a ure: to admit to full communion.— adj. Confirm′able .— n. Confirmā′tion , a making firm or sure: convincing proof: the rite by which persons are admitted to full communion in the R.C., Greek, Luther an, Anglican, and other Churches.— adjs. Confirm′ative , tending to confirm; Confirm′atory , giving additional strength to: confirming; Confirmed′ , settled: inveterate.— ns. Confirmee′ , one to whom anything is confirmed; Confirm′er ; Confirm′ing . [O. Fr. confermer —L. confirmāre — con , inten., and firmāre — firm us , firm.]