Definition of Confirmative

1. Adjective. Serving to support or corroborate. "Collateral evidence"


Definition of Confirmative

1. a. Tending to confirm or establish.

Definition of Confirmative

1. Adjective. That serves to confirm ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Confirmative

confining
confinity
confirm
confirmability
confirmable
confirmance
confirmand
confirmands
confirmation
confirmation bias
confirmation hearing
confirmation name
confirmation names
confirmational
confirmations
confirmative (current term)
confirmatory
confirme
confirmed
confirmed bachelor
confirmedly
confirmedness
confirmednesses
confirmee
confirmees
confirmer
confirmers
confirming
confirmingly
confirmities

Literary usage of Confirmative

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to Geology: Intended to Convey a Practical Knowledge of the by Robert Bakewell, Benjamin Silliman (1839)
"Monte Nuovo, confirmative of this Theory.—Observations on Volcanic Fire.—Pseudo Volcanoes and Volcanic Rocks antl Products. ACCUSTOMED to view the hills in ..."

2. Infant Sprinkling Proved to be a Human Tradition: Being the Substance of a by Alexander Campbell (1820)
"... and the sent is {lie confirmative mark—God alone can confirm his own covenants, and therefore he alone can seal them. If there be any condition in the ..."

3. Manual of Static Electricity in X-ray and Therapeutic Uses by Samuel Howard Monell (1897)
"confirmative testimony regarding the value of static electricity. Discussion of cases previously reported by Addison and Hird. Table of twenty- five cases. ..."

4. The Sunday Library: Or, The Protestant's Manual for the Sabbath-day: Being a by Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1850)
"... AND PROPHECIES confirmative OF CHRIST'S DIVINITY. JOHN, x. 25. Jesus answered, The works that I do in my Father's name, t/iey bear witness of me. ..."

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