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confirmatory

or con·firm·a·tive

[ kuh n-fur-muh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee or kuh n-fur-muh-tiv ]

/ kənˈfɜr məˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i or kənˈfɜr mə tɪv /

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adjective

serving to confirm; corroborative.

Origin of confirmatory

1630–40; < Medieval Latin confirmātōrius, equivalent to Latin confirmā(re) (see confirm) + -tōrius -tory¹

OTHER WORDS FROM confirmatory

non·con·firm·a·tive, adjective non·con·firm·a·to·ry, adjective un·con·firm·a·tive, adjective un·con·firm·a·to·ry, adjective

Words nearby confirmatory

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Example sentences from the Web for confirmatory

From there, they are then sent to an FDA lab for confirmatory chemical testing.

Oil Spill Seafood Lie |The Daily Beast |August 22, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
She looked round at Annie for corroboration, and Annie was in the social necessity of making a confirmatory murmur.

Annie Kilburn |William Dean Howells
Following him, and only one train behind, came Frisbie, new from a confirmatory survey of the extension beyond the Copah district.

Empire Builders |Francis Lynde
And here we would ask, Does not this striking exception in the present argument cast back, as it were, a confirmatory reflection?

Lectures on Art |Washington Allston

Analogous instances, confirmatory of these statements, occur in Yorkshire, and in the fens of Lincolnshire.

The World Before the Deluge |Louis Figuier
The various new, confirmatory ideas put forth by Priestley need not be here enumerated.

Priestley in America |Edgar F. Smith