confermen
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old French confermer, from Latin confirmō; equivalent to con- + fermen.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editconfermen
- To strengthen; to make firm or secure:
- To grant land or a title.
- To confirm (perform the sacrament of confirmation)
- (rare) To decide or resolve to do.
- (rare) To claim; to state.
Conjugation
editConjugation of confermen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- English: confirm
References
edit- “confermen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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