confirmativeadj.n.

Brit.

/kənˈfəːmətɪv/, U.S.

/kənˈfərmədɪv/

Etymology: < Latin confirmātīvus, < participial stem of Latin confirmāre : see -ive suffix. Compare French confirmatif, -ive, 16th cent. in Littré.

A. adj.

Having the property of confirming, establishing, or making sure or certain.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [adjective] > serving to support or confirm

cited?1555

justificative1611

confirmatory1636

confirmative1641

argumentative1642

confirming1661

affirmative1702

supporting1763

supportive1771

justificatory1779

1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. A2^v With the Cælestiall bond, (confirmative Religion) which made them one.

1655 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa II. i. vii. 346 A confirmative argument.

1755 N. Magens Ess. Insurances I. 468 The Peace of Breslau of 1742, and that of Dresden 1745, confirmative of the precedent one.

1881 L. H. Morgan Contrib. N. Amer. Ethnol. IV. 13 They had a negative as well as a confirmative vote.

†B. n.

Something that confirms or expresses confirmation. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [noun] > evidence given, testimony > piece of > serving as corroboration

corroboration1542

confirmation1553

confirmance1588

confirmative1589

corroborant1805

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 191 These words, for, because, and such other confirmatiues.

1595 in J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1677) vi. 413 Confirmatives or ratifications of any former gifts.

Derivatives

conˈfirmatively adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [adverb] > so as to confirm

confirmingly1604

confirmatively1844

corroboratively1849

corroboratorily1867

1844 S. R. Maitland Dark Ages 24 If..it were to be delivered confirmatively.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	confirmative
释义	confirmativeadj.n. Brit. /kənˈfəːmətɪv/, U.S. /kənˈfərmədɪv/ Etymology: < Latin confirmātīvus, < participial stem of Latin confirmāre : see -ive suffix. Compare French confirmatif, -ive, 16th cent. in Littré. A. adj. Having the property of confirming, establishing, or making sure or certain. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [adjective] > serving to support or confirm cited?1555 justificative1611 confirmatory1636 confirmative1641 argumentative1642 confirming1661 affirmative1702 supporting1763 supportive1771 justificatory1779 1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. A2^v With the Cælestiall bond, (confirmative Religion) which made them one. 1655 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa II. i. vii. 346 A confirmative argument. 1755 N. Magens Ess. Insurances I. 468 The Peace of Breslau of 1742, and that of Dresden 1745, confirmative of the precedent one. 1881 L. H. Morgan Contrib. N. Amer. Ethnol. IV. 13 They had a negative as well as a confirmative vote. †B. n. Something that confirms or expresses confirmation. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [noun] > evidence given, testimony > piece of > serving as corroboration corroboration1542 confirmation1553 confirmance1588 confirmative1589 corroborant1805 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 191 These words, for, because, and such other confirmatiues. 1595 in J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1677) vi. 413 Confirmatives or ratifications of any former gifts. Derivatives conˈfirmatively adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [adverb] > so as to confirm confirmingly1604 confirmatively1844 corroboratively1849 corroboratorily1867 1844 S. R. Maitland Dark Ages 24 If..it were to be delivered confirmatively. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1589
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