confirm
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~ administer the rite of confirmation to; "the children were confirmed in their mother's faith"
confirm
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~ make more firm; "Confirm thy soul in self-control!"
confirm
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~ support a person for a position; "The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense"
confirm
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~ strengthen or make more firm; "The witnesses confirmed the victim's account"
confiscate
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~ take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"
conflagrate
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~ start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"
conflagrate
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~ cause to start burning; "The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds"
conflate
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~ mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"
conflict
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~ be in conflict; "The two proposals conflict!"
conflict
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~ go against, as of rules and laws; "He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules"
conform
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~ be similar, be in line with
conform
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~ adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"
confound
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~ be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"
confound
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~ mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary"
confront
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~ oppose, as in hostility or a competition; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other"
confront
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~ be face to face with; "The child screamed when he confronted the man in the Halloween costume"
confront
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~ present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize; "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us"
confront
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~ deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes"
confuse
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~ assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence"
confuse
— Verb
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~ be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"