confirmed

(verb) establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts. Synonyms: confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm. Examples: "His story confirmed my doubts." "The evidence supports the defendant."

(verb) strengthen or make more firm. Synonyms: confirm, reassert. Example: "The witnesses confirmed the victim's account."

(verb) make more firm. Synonyms: confirm. Example: "Confirm thy soul in self-control!."

(verb) support a person for a position. Synonyms: confirm. Example: "The senate confirmed the president's candidate for secretary of defense."

(verb) administer the rite of confirmation to. Synonyms: confirm. Example: "The children were confirmed in their mother's faith."

(adj) of persons; not subject to change. Examples: "A confirmed bachelor." "A confirmed invalid."

(adj) having been established or made firm or received the rite of confirmation. Synonyms: confirmed (vs. unconfirmed). Examples: "Confirmed reservations." "Received confirmed reports of casualties." "A confirmed catholic."