confirmatory

confirmatory
/keuhn ferr"meuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/, adj.
serving to confirm; corroborative.
Also, confirmative.
[1630-40; < ML confirmatorius, equiv. to L confirma(re) (see CONFIRM) + -torius -TORY1]

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