confirm Copy link Outline I. To make firm or valid1. confirmo, 12. firmo, 1 (somewhat less strong than 1)3. stăbĭlio, 44. auctor (with sum, fīo5. comprŏbo, 1 (to make good)6. sancio, nxi, nctum, 4.7. aliquid rătum facio, efficio, habeo, ducoII. Of the ceremony of confirmation • confirm: I. To make firm or valid: 1. confirmo, 1: v. to strengthen: to promise and c. by oath, polliceri et jurejurando c., Caes.: Cic. 2. firmo, 1 (somewhat less strong than 1): to c. by oath, jurejurando f., Cic.: to c. fidelity, fidem f., Ter. 3. stăbĭlio, 4: i. e. to establish: q. v. 4. auctor (with sum, fīo: said of one who supports or lends authority to something): esp. in phr. patres (patricii) auctores fiunt, of the patricians or senate confirming a resolution of the comitia centuriata: Liv.: Cic. 5. comprŏbo, 1 (to make good): the rashness of the son c.'d the wise saying of the father, patris dictum sapiens temeritas filii comprobavit, Cic.: v. to prove. 6. sancio, nxi, nctum, 4.: v. to ratify. 7. aliquid rătum facio, efficio, habeo, duco: esp. of sentences and judgments: Cic.: Liv.: v. to ratify. Phr.: to c. the truth of anything, alicui rei fidem adjungere, afferre, Cic.: v. credit. II. Of the ceremony of confirmation: confirmo, 1: Eccl.
CONFIRM Copy link • CONFIRMmake or declare valid, sancire (e.g., augurem, the choice of an augur; pactum, legem, etc.): alicujus rei auctorem fieri (to approve of and receive: e.g., of a law, legis; said of the Senate): ratum facere or efficere: ratum esse jubere (to declare something that has taken place, valid, etc.) : Strengthen by arguments or witnesses, confirmare, with or without rationibus or argumentis: probare: comprobare (to declare to others as true, valid or fit): by anything, aliqua re: by examples, exemplis comprobare: firmare, affirmare: confirmare (to confirm the truth of anything): fidem alicui rei addere (to add confirmation or faith to anything): to confirm the truth of a saying, that etc., facere, ut vere dictum videatur, etc. (Vid: Nep., Attic., 11, 6): the result, the issue of the matter has confirmed it, exitus docuit: to confirm by one’s testimony, testimonio confirmare: to confirm by one’s oath, jurejurando obstringere (to asseverate with an oath, Tac., Ann., 4, 31, 3): to confirm by oath, jurejurando firmare, sancire: to be confirmed, probari; comprobari. To make firm; establish, stabilire (to give duration or stability; e.g., to liberty, government, etc.): fundare (to found; e.g., the security of the state, one’s power, etc.). As religious action to confirm young Christians, *adolescentes utriusque sexus doctrinam Christianam professos coram omnibus commendare Deo: ☞ sacris Christianis initiare is (according to the adopted idiom) our baptizing.