different between confirm vs reconfirm
confirm
English
Alternative forms
- confirme (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English confirmen, confermen, from Old French confermer, from Latin confirm?re (“to make firm, strenghten, establish”), from com- (“together”) + firmare (“to make firm”), from firmus (“firm”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k?n?f??m/
- (General American) IPA(key): /k?n?f?m/
- Rhymes: -??(?)m
- Hyphenation: con?firm
Verb
confirm (third-person singular simple present confirms, present participle confirming, simple past and past participle confirmed)
- To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.
- (transitive, Christianity) To administer the sacrament of confirmation on (someone).
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 35:
- Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII, was baptized and confirmed at the age of three days.
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 35:
- To assure the accuracy of previous statements.
Synonyms
- (strengthen): See also Thesaurus:strengthen
Antonyms
- infirm
- disconfirm
- deny
- dispute
- contradict
- question
Related terms
- confirmability
- confirmation
Translations
See also
- verify
- corroborate
- establish
- prove
Further reading
- confirm in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- confirm in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- confirm at OneLook Dictionary Search
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reconfirm
English
Etymology
re- +? confirm
Verb
reconfirm (third-person singular simple present reconfirms, present participle reconfirming, simple past and past participle reconfirmed)
- To confirm again; to establish more firmly
- (aviation, travel, dated) To advise an airline of your intention to use a reservation, or risk cancellation.
Translations
Anagrams
- confirmer
reconfirm From the web:
- what confirmation means
- what confirmation
- what confirmation means to me
- what confirmation bias
- what confirms presidential appointments
- what confirms tb
- what confirms the presence of a myocardial infarction
- what confirms pregnancy
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