v00665886
| type | v |
| lex_filenum | 31 |
| def | establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts |
| examples | his story confirmed my doubts The evidence supports the defendant |
| Frame - 8 | Somebody ----s something |
| Frame - 11 | Something ----s something |
| Frame - 26 | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
| Outgoing links | |
| Derivationally related form | affirm → affirmable; affirm → affirmation |
| Antonym | affirm → negate |
| Derivationally related form | support → support |
| Derivationally related form | substantiate → substantiative |
| Derivationally related form | substantiate → substantiation |
| Derivationally related form | substantiate → substantiation |
| Derivationally related form | sustain → sustainable |
| Derivationally related form | corroborate → corroborative |
| Derivationally related form | corroborate → corroboratory |
| Derivationally related form | corroborate → corroboration |
| Derivationally related form | confirm → confirmative |
| Derivationally related form | confirm → confirmatory |
| Derivationally related form | confirm → confirmation; confirm → confirmation |
| Hyponym | back, back up; vouch; verify; prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew; document; validate |
| Incoming links | |
| Derivationally related form | affirmable → affirm; affirmation → affirm |
| Derivationally related form | substantiative → substantiate |
| Derivationally related form | corroboratory → corroborate |
| Derivationally related form | corroborative → corroborate |
| Derivationally related form | confirmatory → confirm |
| Derivationally related form | confirmative → confirm |
| Derivationally related form | sustainable → sustain |
| Derivationally related form | substantiation → substantiate |
| Derivationally related form | support → support |
| Derivationally related form | substantiation → substantiate |
| Derivationally related form | confirmation → confirm; confirmation → confirm |
| Derivationally related form | corroboration → corroborate |
| Hypernym | back, back up; vouch; verify; prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew; document; validate |
| Antonym | negate → affirm |
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