Confirm

(verb.) make more firm; 'Confirm thy soul in self-control!'.

(verb.) establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; 'his story confirmed my doubts'; 'The evidence supports the defendant'.

(verb.) strengthen or make more firm; 'The witnesses confirmed the victim's account'.

(verb.) administer the rite of confirmation to; 'the children were confirmed in their mother's faith'.

(verb.) support a person for a position; 'The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense'.

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• He spoke of the state of England; the necessary measures to be taken to ensure its security, and confirm its prosperity. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Hence, the canon of Natura non facit saltum, which every fresh addition to our knowledge tends to confirm, is on this theory intelligible. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• The practical use of the invention when turned to the heavenly bodies served to confirm the truth of the discovery. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Give me a kiss, my dear child, in saying Good Night, and let me confirm what my old lady tells you. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Certainly, I can: and your friend will unhesitatingly confirm the truth of what I assert. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Citizen Gabelle was called to confirm it, and did so. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• But learning from language will be found, when analyzed, to confirm the principle just laid down. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• The physician, on his arrival, confirmed my view of the case. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I was partly urged by curiosity, and compassion confirmed my resolution. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• This theory has since that time been abundantly confirmed by navigators. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• When I became Joe's 'prentice, Orlick was perhaps confirmed in some suspicion that I should displace him; howbeit, he liked me still less. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Their exclusive charter has not been confirmed by act of parliament. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The Department may have either originated, or confirmed, a Minute making that recommendation. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Another circumstance strengthened and confirmed these feelings. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• What happens in the course of action neither confirms, refutes, nor alters it. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Mrs. Rouncewell confirms all this, not without personal pride, reserving only the one point of affability. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I know, I feel she was innocent; you are of the same opinion, and that confirms me. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• It simply confirms the plan of conduct which I had previously arranged. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• He confirms me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• His opinion on one point confirms my own. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• He thinks the purple room is the one that ought to be got ready, and he confirms what I told you. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• For his observation was constantly confirming Mr. Farebrother's assurance that the banker would not overlook opposition. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• So debating becomes a way of confirming your own prejudices; it is never, never in any debate I have suffered through, a search for understanding from the angles of two differing insights. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• This double relation of leading to and confirming is what is meant by the terms logical and rational. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• In spite of the moderation of his tone, each word he spoke had the effect of confirming Lily's resistance. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• His eyes were on her hand again directly, and her opportunity of confirming or correcting the impression was gone. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.

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