vt. 证实, 确定, 批准, 使巩固

[计] 确认

[经] 证实

Confirm \Con*firm"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confrmed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Confirming}.] [OE. confermen, confirmen, OF.
confermer, F. confirmer, fr. L. confirmare; con- + firmare to
make firm, fr. firmus firm. See {Firm}.]
1. To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish;
as, health is confirmed by exercise.

Confirm the crown to me and to mine heirs. --Shak.

And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law. --Ps.
cv. 10.

2. To strengthen in judgment or purpose.

Confirmed, then, I resolve
Adam shall share with me in bliss or woe. --Milton.

3. To give new assurance of the truth of; to render certain;
to verify; to corroborate; as, to confirm a rumor.

Your eyes shall witness and confirm my tale. --Pope.

These likelihoods confirm her flight. --Shak.

4. 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.

That treaty so prejudicial ought to have been
remitted rather than confimed. --Swift.

5. (Eccl.) To administer the rite of confirmation to. See
{Confirmation}, 3.

Those which are thus confirmed are thereby supposed
to be fit for admission to the sacrament. --Hammond.

Syn: To strengthen; corroborate; substantiate; establish;
fix; ratify; settle; verify; assure.