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单词 reconfirm
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reconfirmv.

Brit. /ˌriːkənˈfəːm/, U.S. /ˌrikənˈfərm/
Forms: see re- prefix and confirm v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, confirm v.
Etymology: < re- prefix + confirm v. Compare post-classical Latin reconfirmare to strengthen again (6th cent.), to confirm again (9th cent.), Middle French, French reconfirmer (1511; c1174 in Anglo-Norman as reconfermer).
1. transitive. To confirm, ratify, or establish anew.
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1587 R. Holinshed et al. Hist. Scotl. (new ed.) 284/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II To renew the old league betweene this Iames the third, and the king of France..the king of Scots and the nobles assembled at Edenburgh, where (with the French ambassadors) seeking all the rols of all the ancient leagues, they reconfirmed the same.
a1644 F. Quarles Shepheards Oracles (1646) iv. 47 Flowing cups of wine Shall reconfirme thy brotherhood and mine.
1679 I. Bargrave tr. F. Micanzio Exact Discov. Myst. Iniquity 26 They would re-confirm the same Priviledge for Five Years more.
1704 B. Pratt Exceeding Reasonableness frequenting Publick Prayers 74 It becomes exceeding necessary that we..be reconfirmed in our Title to everlasting Life.
1769 Hist. Miss Sommervile II. xlvi. 73 Lord Finly is reconfirmed in his resolution of marrying her, if he can but prevail upon her to consent.
1823 C. Lamb Mackery End in Elia 178 The scene soon re-confirmed itself in her affections.
1861 G. Wilson & A. Geikie Mem. E. Forbes i. 17 He was reconfirmed in his rights and privileges.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvii. [Ithaca] 649 What counterproposals were alternately advanced, accepted, modified, declined, restated in other terms, reaccepted, ratified, reconfirmed?
1962 Economist 20 Oct. 216/2 The promises..reconfirmed by Mr MacMillan.
1996 Daily Tel. 26 Mar. 4/2 The committee reconfirmed its recommendation that cattle aged over 30 months must be deboned in licensed plants.
2005 TNT Mag. 7 Mar. 85/2 When buying cheap package deals with lastminute.com always ring and reconfirm your flight a few days before.
2. transitive. To confirm again in courage, or in an opinion. Obsolete.
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1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xxiv. 89 Being thus reconfirmed by Similaus speeches, and certified of this new course we were to take.
a1674 Earl of Clarendon Life (1759) III. 835 And so being reconfirmed..He sent Secretary Morrice..to require and receive the Great Seal.

Derivatives

reconˈfirming n.
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Restablissement, a..reconfirming.
1888 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 9. Dec. 12/2 A new grant..would result in tedious and expensive litigation, and meet with too much opposition, which a mere reconfirming of the old original grant would obviate.
1961 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gaz. 23 Sept. 16/1 (heading) Most airlines dropping reconfirming of return.
2007 Fair Disclosure Newswire (Nexis) 13 Mar. The FDA said that we do not tell docs how to treat patients, that they're not in that business and so that was a reconfirming of their stance on off label use.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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