Confirming
[kən'fə:mɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Confirm
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Examples
- For his observation was constantly confirming Mr. Farebrother's assurance that the banker would not overlook opposition. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- So debating becomes a way of confirming your own prejudices; it is never, never in any debate I have suffered through, a search for understanding from the angles of two differing insights. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- This double relation of leading to and confirming is what is meant by the terms logical and rational. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- In spite of the moderation of his tone, each word he spoke had the effect of confirming Lily's resistance. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- His eyes were on her hand again directly, and her opportunity of confirming or correcting the impression was gone. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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