confirm vs reassert what difference
what is difference between confirm and reassert
English
Alternative forms
- confirme (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English confirmen, confermen, from Old French confermer, from Latin confirmāre (“to make firm, strenghten, establish”), from com- (“together”) + firmare (“to make firm”), from firmus (“firm”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kənˈfɜːm/
- (General American) IPA(key): /kənˈfɝm/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m
- Hyphenation: con‧firm
Verb
confirm (third-person singular simple present confirms, present participle confirming, simple past and past participle confirmed)
- To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.
- (transitive, Christianity) To administer the sacrament of confirmation on (someone).
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 35:
- Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII, was baptized and confirmed at the age of three days.
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 35:
- To assure the accuracy of previous statements.
Synonyms
- (strengthen): See also Thesaurus:strengthen
Antonyms
- infirm
- disconfirm
- deny
- dispute
- contradict
- question
Related terms
- confirmability
- confirmation
Translations
See also
- verify
- corroborate
- establish
- prove
Further reading
- confirm in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- confirm in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- confirm at OneLook Dictionary Search
English
Etymology
re- + assert
Verb
reassert (third-person singular simple present reasserts, present participle reasserting, simple past and past participle reasserted)
- assert again
- 2006, Nikki R. Keddie, Yann Richard, Modern Iran: roots and results of revolution, Yale University Press, page 120
- They were tied to a revived religious class that took advantage of the end of anticlerical despotism to reassert Islamic views and practices and to regain some of their former sociopolitical status.
- 2006, Nikki R. Keddie, Yann Richard, Modern Iran: roots and results of revolution, Yale University Press, page 120
Derived terms
- reassertion
Translations
Anagrams
- Resetars, asserter, rearsets, serrates, terrasse
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