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101confirm — confirmable, adj. confirmability, n. confirmer; Law, confirmor /kon feuhr mawr , keuhn ferr meuhr/, n. confirmingly, adv. /keuhn ferrm /, v.t. 1. to establish the truth, accuracy, validity, or genuineness of; corroborate; verify: This report… …
102support — supportingly, adv. /seuh pawrt , pohrt /, v.t. 1. to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for. 2. to sustain or withstand (weight, pressure, strain, etc.) without giving way; serve as a prop for. 3. to… …
103flange — noun /flændʒ/ a) An external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something in place. I was in bed the other day with the missus and I asked to see her flange. Imagine my surprise when she got up went downstairs to my… …
104breasthook — noun A horizontal timber fitted in the bows of a ship to add strength and to connect the sides to the stem …
105DEX One — Corporation Type Public (NYSE: DEXO) Industry Print and Interactive Marketing Headquarters …
106confirm — con·firm vt 1 a: to make valid by necessary formal approval the debtor s chapter 13 plan confirm ed by the court b: to vote approval of confirm a nomination 2: to give formal acknowledgment of receipt of 3 …
107enforce — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. compel, force, oblige; urge, lash, goad; strengthen; execute, sanction, put in force. See compulsion, cause.Ant., neglect, overlook. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To add strength] Syn. reinforce, fortify …
108beef up — (v.) add strength, 1941, from college slang, from BEEF (Cf. beef) (n.) in slang sense of muscle power (1851) …
109laminate — To build up a rigid surface over a framework by applying layers of material, adhering them to each other. Laminating is a technique used in sculpture with wood or resin. Plywood is a laminated product, the wood grain going in a different… …
110confirm — v. a. 1. Establish, fix, settle, assure, make firm. 2. Strengthen, add strength to. 3. Corroborate, substantiate, verify. 4. Ratify, sanction, bind. 5. Admit to the Communion, invest with full membership in the church …
