Part 2268

<h1>Confirmable</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con*firm"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>That may be confirmed.</def>

<h1>Confirmance</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con*firm"ance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Confirmation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Confirmation</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con`fir*ma"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>confirmation</ets>, L. <ets>confirmatio</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; <as>as, the <ex>confirmation</ex> of an appointment</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Their blood is shed In <b>confirmation</b> of the noblest claim. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which confirms; that which gives new strength or assurance; as to a statement or belief; additional evidence; proof; convincing testimony.</def>

<blockquote>Trifles light as air Are to the jealous <b>confirmations</b> strong As proofs of holy writ. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>A rite supplemental to baptism, by which a person is admitted, through the laying on of the hands of a bishop, to the full privileges of the church, as in the Roman Catholic, the Episcopal Church, etc.</def>

<blockquote>This ordinance is called <b>confirmation</b>, because they who duly receive it are confirmed or strengthened for the fulfillment of their Christian duties, by the grace therein bestowed upon them. <i>Hook.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A conveyance by which a voidable estate is made sure and not voliable, or by which a particular estate is increased; a contract, express or implied, by which a person makes that firm and binding which was before voidable.</def>

<h1>Confirmative</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con*firm"a*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>confirmativus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>confirmatif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Tending confirm or establish.</def>

<i>Sherwood.</i>

-- <wordforms><wf>Con*firm"a*tive*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Confirmator</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con"fir*ma`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>One who, or that which, confirms; a confirmer.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Confirmatory</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con*firm"a*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. .</tt> <def>Serving to confirm; corroborative.</def>

<blockquote>A fact <b>confirmatory</b> of the conclusion. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Pertaining to the rite of confirmation.</def>

<i>Compton.</i>

<h1>Confirmedly</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con*firm"ed*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>With confirmation.</def>

<h1>Confirmedness</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con*firm"ed*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A fixed state.</def>