## Meanings
1. To say or show that something is definitely true or correct.
2. To say that an arrangement is now definite.
3. To officially approve a person or decision.

## Examples
- The test results confirmed that she was healthy.
- Please confirm your hotel booking by email.
- The Senate confirmed the President's choice for the post.

## Antonyms
- contradict
- deny
- disconfirm
- dispute
- infirm
- question

## Derived Forms
- autoconfirm
- confirmable
- confirmance
- confirmative
- confirmee
- confirmingly
- confirmshaming
- deconfirm
- misconfirm
- preconfirm
- reconfirm
- unconfirm

## Related Forms
- confirmability
- confirmation
- corroborate
- establish
- prove
- verify

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *dʰer-
- Root: confirmen
- Root: confermer
- Root: confirmo

## Etymology
From Middle English confirmen, confermen, from Old French confermer, from Latin cōnfirmāre (“to make firm, strengthen, establish”), from con- (“together”) + firmāre (“to make firm”), from firmus (“firm”).

## AI Etymology
confirm is a verb and adverb. It is from Middle English confirmen, confermen, from Old French confermer, from Latin cōnfirmāre (“to make firm, strengthen, establish”), from con- (“together”) + firmāre (“to make firm”), from firmus (“firm”). Historical forms in the chain include *dʰer- (Proto-Indo-European), confirmen (Middle English), confermer (Old French), and confirmo (Latin). Current senses include to say or show that something is definitely true or correct, to say that an arrangement is now definite, and to officially approve a person or decision. Derived forms include autoconfirm, confirmable, confirmance, confirmative, and confirmee. Related words include confirmability, confirmation, corroborate, and establish.

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