- osoittaa todeksi
The Senate must confirm federal court appointments.
confirm, confirmed, confirmed
- osoittaa todeksi
verify, verified, verified
- to augment
strengthen a muscle
strengthen, strengthened, strengthened
- to emphasize or review
He reinforced the handle with a metal rod and a bit of tape.
reinforce, reinforced, reinforced
- to support or encourage
She affirmed that she would go when I asked her.
affirm, affirmed, affirmed
- increase amplitude
amplify, amplified, amplified
- ''(obsolete in English)'' to intensify
The police are there to enforce the law.
enforce, enforced, enforced
- to increase the defences of (an army, soldiers, etc.); to put (it or them) in a defensive position
fortify, fortified, fortified
yesadverbi, partikkeli, substantiiviˈjɛsUKUS to affirmYes, you are correct.
pl. yesses · yes, yesed, yesed
- to make stronger or more solid
He consolidated his luggage into a single large bag.
consolidate, consolidated, consolidated
- give formal consent to
They ratified the treaty.
ratify, ratified, ratified
- To confirm or support with additional evidence
corroborate, corroborated, corroborated
- to sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; as, to approve the decision of a court-martial
Although we may disagree with it, we must nevertheless approve the sentence handed down by the court-martial.
approve, approved, approved
- to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
bolster, bolstered, bolstered
- to render valid
The data file cannot be imported because it doesn't validate.
validate, validated, validated
- corroborate, prove, or confirm
It was a promising idea, but the evidence did not bear out their theory.
bear out, bore, borne
- (transitive) To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in
This is to acknowledge your kind invitation to participate in the upcoming debate.
acknowledge, acknowledged, acknowledged
- (transitive) To make stable or firm; to confirm
establish, established, established
- (transitive) To make (something) new again; to restore to freshness or original condition
This murder has been a cold case for decades until last year when the new sheriff renewed the investigation.
renew, renewed, renewed
- (transitive) To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something); to permit; to sanction or consen...
The General Assembly authorized the Council to take up the matter.
authorize, authorized, authorized
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so
That beeping sound indicates that the truck is backing up.
back up, back uped, back uped
- (transitive) To support from below with props or masonry
You should underpin the mine roof to prevent further collapse.
underpin, underpined, underpined
- (transitive) To impart vigor, strength, or vitality to
Exercise is invigorating.
invigorate, invigorated, invigorated
- (transitive) To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or...
He didn’t manage to authenticate the portrait: it’s probably a fake.
authenticate, authenticated, authenticated
- (transitive) To ascribe; attribute; credit with
Nationalisms often accredit all the unemployment issues to immigration.
accredit, accredited, accredited
- (transitive) To confirm, ratify or approve, especially officially or legally
homologate, homologated, homologated
- To affirm again
The recent tragedy served only to reaffirm his faith.
reaffirm, reaffirmed, reaffirmed
- (obsolete) evidence; declaration
avouch, avouched, avouched
- (slang, transitive) To strengthen or reinforce; to add substance to
We need to beef up security around the airport.
beef up, beef uped, beef uped
- assert again
reassert, reasserted, reasserted
authorise, authorised, authorised
- to use or exercise and thereby prove
He would often assert that there was life on other planets.
assert, asserted, asserted
- to strengthen
Ever since the secretary left, the letters in my inbox have started to build up.
build up, built, built
- to give something formal or official standing
formalize, formalized, formalized
- to affirm to be correct, true, or genuine
When will the appraiser attest the date of the painting?
attest, attested, attested
- to make more poignant
They deepened the well by 200 feet.
deepen, deepened, deepened
- to authenticate or corroborate
The lawyer was asked to substantiate her claims.
substantiate, substantiated, substantiated
- to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)
They hastened outside between storms to shore up the damaged fence.
shore up, shore uped, shore uped