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May 25, 2012
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Synonyms for confirmed

Verb

1. confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm
usage: establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"
2. confirm, reassert, affirm
usage: strengthen or make more firm; "The witnesses confirmed the victim's account"
3. confirm, strengthen, beef up, fortify
usage: make more firm; "Confirm thy soul in self-control!"
4. confirm, approve, O.K., okay, sanction
usage: as of a person to a position; "The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense"
5. confirm, covenant
usage: administer the rite of confirmation to; "the children were confirmed in their mother's faith"

Adjective

1. confirmed, unchangeable (vs. changeable)
usage: of persons; not subject to change; "a confirmed bachelor"; "a confirmed invalid"
2. confirmed (vs. unconfirmed), official
usage: having been established or made firm or received the rite of confirmation; "confirmed reservations"; "received confirmed reports of casualties"; "a confirmed Catholic"
3. chronic, confirmed, habitual, inveterate(prenominal), addicted (vs. unaddicted)
usage: having a habit of long standing; "a chronic smoker"
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