- confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm - establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"
Antonyms: negate, contradict
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun affirmation4
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear - to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"
--2 is one way to declare
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun affirmation2, noun affirmation1, noun affirmer1
They affirm that there was a traffic accident
- affirm - say yes to
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun affirmation2
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE