Confirm vs. Reaffirm — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Confirm and Reaffirm
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Confirm
To support or establish the certainty or validity of; verify
Confirm a rumor.
Reaffirm
State again strongly
The prime minister reaffirmed his commitment to the agreement
He reaffirmed that it was essential to strengthen the rule of law
Confirm
To reaffirm the establishment of (a reservation or advance arrangement).
Reaffirm
To affirm or assert again.
Confirm
To make firmer; strengthen
Working on the campaign confirmed her intention to go into politics.
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Reaffirm
To affirm again.
Confirm
To make valid or binding by a formal or legal act; ratify.
Reaffirm
To bolster or support.
The recent tragedy served only to reaffirm his faith.
Confirm
To administer the religious rite of confirmation to.
Reaffirm
To affirm again.
Confirm
To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.
Reaffirm
Affirm once again;
He reaffirmed his faith in the church
Confirm
To administer the sacrament of confirmation on (someone).
Confirm
To assure the accuracy of previous statements.
Confirm
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.
And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law.
Confirm
To strengthen in judgment or purpose.
Confirmed, then, I resolveAdam shall share with me in bliss or woe.
Confirm
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.
These likelihoods confirm her flight.
Confirm
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.
Confirm
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.
Confirm
Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts;
His story confirmed my doubts
The evidence supports the defendant
Confirm
Strengthen or make more firm;
The witnesses confirmed the victim's account
Confirm
Make more firm;
Confirm thy soul in self-control!
Confirm
As of a person to a position;
The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense
Confirm
Administer the rite of confirmation to;
The children were confirmed in their mother's faith
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