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confirm

/kənˈfɝm/ adverb C2
  1. For sure, definitely. · This is confirm not my handwriting.
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Elizabeth, feeling it incumbent on her to relieve him from so unpleasant a situation, now put herself forward to confirm his account, by mentioning her prior knowledge of it from Charlotte herself; and endeavoured to put a stop to the exclamations of her mother and sisters, by the earnestness of her congratulations to Sir William, in which she was readily joined by Jane, and by making a variety of remarks on the happiness that might be expected from the match, the excellent character of Mr.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 148 · B2
They certainly confirm the very high opinion which I had formed of his abilities.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 126 · B2
I had the good fortune to seize upon that, and everything which has occurred since then has served to confirm my original supposition, and, indeed, was the logical sequence of it.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 74 · B2
Will confirm by advertisement.—Pierrot.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 33 · B2

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