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1 confirm
Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts:
— His story confirmed my doubts.
synoniemen: affirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, sustain.
Roget 998:
perform service
[ritual actions of clergy],
do duty,
minister,
officiate,
baptize,
dip,
sprinkle;
anoint,
confirm,
lay hands on;
give the sacrament,
administer the sacrament;
administer extreme unction;
hear confession,
administer holy penance,
shrive;
excommunicate,
ban with bell book and candle.
[ritual actions of believers]
attend services,
attend mass,
go to mass,
hear mass;
take the sacrament,
receive the sacrament,
receive communion,
attend the sacrament,
partake of the sacrament,
partake of communion;
communicate;
receive extreme unction;
confess,
go to confession,
receive penance;
anele†.
[teaching functions of clergy]
preach,
sermonize,
predicate,
lecture.
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Roget 467:
be evidence
etc.
n.;
evince,
show,
betoken,
tell of;
indicate
etc.
(denote)
550;
imply,
involve,
argue,
bespeak,
breathe.
have weight,
carry weight;
tell,
speak volumes;
speak for itself
etc.
(manifest)
525.
rest upon,
depend upon;
repose on.
bear witness
etc.
n.;
give evidence
etc.
n.;
testify,
depose,
witness,
vouch for;
sign,
seal,
undersign†,
set one's hand and seal,
sign and seal,
deliver as one's act and deed,
certify,
attest;
acknowledge
etc.
(assent)
488.
[provide conclusive evidence]
make absolute,
confirm,
prove
(demonstrate)
478.
[add further evidence]
indorse,
countersign,
corroborate,
support,
ratify,
bear out,
uphold,
warrant.
adduce,
attest,
cite,
quote;
refer to,
appeal to;
call,
call to witness;
bring forward,
bring into court;
allege,
plead;
produce witnesses,
confront witnesses.
place into evidence,
mark into evidence.
[obtain evidence]
collect evidence,
bring together evidence,
rake up evidence;
experiment
etc.
463.
have a case,
make out a case;
establish,
authenticate,
substantiate,
verify,
make good,
quote chapter and verse;
bring home to,
bring to book.
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Roget 478:
demonstrate,
prove,
establish;
make good;
show,
evince,
manifest
etc.
(be evidence of)
467;
confirm,
corroborate,
substantiate,
verify
etc.
467,
settle the question,
reduce to demonstration,
set the question at rest.
make out,
make out a case;
prove one's point,
have the best of the argument;
draw a conclusion
etc.
(judge)
480.
follow,
follow of course,
follow as a matter of course,
follow necessarily;
stand to reason;
hold good,
hold water.
convince,
persuade
(belief)
484.
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Roget 480:
judge,
conclude;
come to a conclusion,
draw a conclusion,
arrive at a conclusion;
ascertain,
determine,
make up one's mind.
deduce,
derive,
gather,
collect,
draw an inference,
make a deduction,
weet†,
ween†.
form an estimate,
estimate,
appreciate,
value,
count,
assess,
rate,
rank,
account;
regard,
consider,
think of;
look upon
etc.
(believe)
484;
review;
size up [Slang].
settle;
pass an opinion,
give an opinion;
decide,
try,
pronounce,
rule;
pass judgment,
pass sentence;
sentence,
doom;
find;
give judgment,
deliver judgment;
adjudge,
adjudicate;
arbitrate,
award,
report;
bring in a verdict;
make absolute,
set a question at rest;
confirm
etc.
(assent)
488.
comment,
criticize,
kibitz;
pass under review
etc.
(examine)
457;
investigate
etc.
(inquire)
461.
hold the scales,
sit in judgment;
try judgment,
hear a cause.
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Roget 488:
assent;
give assent,
yield assent,
nod assent;
acquiesce;
agree
etc.
23;
receive,
accept,
accede,
accord,
concur,
lend oneself to,
consent,
coincide,
reciprocate,
go with;
be at one with
etc.
adj.;
go along with,
chime in with,
strike in with,
close in with;
echo,
enter into one's views,
agree in opinion;
vote,
give one's voice for;
recognize;
subscribe to,
conform to,
defer to;
say yes to,
say ditto,
amen to,
say aye to.
acknowledge,
own,
admit,
allow,
avow,
confess;
concede
etc.
(yield)
762;
come round to;
abide by;
permit
etc.
760.
arrive at an understanding,
come to an understanding,
come to terms,
come to an agreement.
confirm,
affirm;
ratify,
appprove,
indorse,
countersign;
corroborate
etc.
467.
go with the stream,
swim with the stream,
go with the flow,
blow with the wind;
be in fashion,
join in the chorus,
join the crowd,
be one of the guys,
be part of the group,
go with the crowd,
don't make waves;
be in every mouth.
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Roget 769:
contract,
covenant,
agree for;
engage
etc.
(promise)
768.
treat,
negotiate,
stipulate,
make terms;
bargain
etc.
(barter)
794.
make a bargain,
strike a bargain;
come to terms,
come to an understanding;
compromise
etc.
774;
set at rest;
close,
close with;
conclude,
complete,
settle;
confirm,
ratify,
clench,
subscribe,
underwrite;
endorse,
indorse;
put the seal to;
sign,
seal
etc.
(attest)
467;
indent.
take one at one's word,
bargain by inch of candle.
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Nederlands: onderbouwen
2 confirm
Strengthen or make more firm:
— The witnesses confirmed the victim's account.
synoniem: reassert.
Nederlands: bevestigen
3 confirm
Make more firm.
Nederlands: bevestigen
4 confirm
Support a person for a position.
5 confirm
Administer the rite of confirmation to.
Nederlands: beamen, confirmeren
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