confirmatory

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   serving to confirm, support, or corroborate a statement or conclusion

   The laboratory returned confirmatory evidence of the initial diagnosis.

Formed from confirm, ultimately Latin confirmare, 'to strengthen or establish,' with the adjectival suffix -atory. It describes evidence or action that makes an earlier claim more certain.

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