What is "confrmed"

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.