adjective
indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen
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- a positive pregnancy test
adjective
serving to support or corroborate
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- collateral evidence
verb
establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
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- his story confirmed my doubts
- The evidence supports the defendant
verb
strengthen or make more firm
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- The witnesses confirmed the victim's account
verb
make more firm
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- Confirm thy soul in self-control!
verb
support a person for a position
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- The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense
verb
administer the rite of confirmation to
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- the children were confirmed in their mother's faith