118.5 
IIKT hmi.-ell ..r of i I,, | m 
'' 
Confirmative (kon-fiVma-tiv), ii. 
./<Vw'i/ = Vt.eo*frrmat*m sp. 
& 
confirmable 
2. Corrolionitoi-y. [Uare. ] 
(',,,,/,/, in tin ii- dei huation as witnesses. R. /'art*. 
COnfirmance (kon-t'i'-r'nians), n. |< i-niifirm + 
-mid.] Coniii-maiioii ; estebliihnuni ..r con- 
liili-m-i-. [Uare.] 
Kor their fiuiliriunii,;-, I will therefor.- now 
Mepe in our l,lark bal ke. I'/i.l/niin , 
confirmation (kon-iv-r-nia'slioiij, . |< M 10. ,-.,. 
Ih'lliiK-iiiii, < ()!-'. riiiifn-iiiiiriiiii, I-', run fi fnni linn 
t*r. confirmation ~ sp. rniifiriiuii-inii = I'jr. /- 
liriiiiiciin It, i-ontirmii .'HUH (also, in ili-f. I () 
(1), = I). ,;iiijii-,inilii- (i. i-iinliriniiliiiii = I in n. 
Sw. l;oiitinii<iti<iit\, < I,. i-inilirmiilin(ii-), < (JO 
iituri. pp. i-iiiijii-iiiiitn*, confirm: see confirm.] 
1. Tin- act of colilinnili";. ,, | |,, : ,,. t , utr-nnth- 
ening, fortifying, or rendering linn. 
lint .Manilanis . . . ~aid that iln-.t inured th.ii 
to lahollf for the r,illfiun,,,,n ,,1 II,, n ii, in. I 
-""'- /-HI.-/!,!... I'iUiiniaue p. 1.1 
(M Th- a, t of i-tahlishing: a living, settling, setting up, tore, < L. i-niili r, H ali,r,'< i-niitiriiinri. pp.'. 
I'staolishinu. or inakinu nn.re linn est:ihlislneiit ......... a ...^ i *-. . *\ r 
nllrni.d t],, rit-ht u-i.int. d toll,- pun has, r and the 
saaine following upon ,t. Confirmation and Probate 
Act. .1,7. nn.l.-r f.,;, i, ,<!,-. Confirmation 
Of executor, in .>'-,./. Inn. the form in which a Ir 
'thi executor ofa ] Intro confiscate l."n-li-'k;it .-, Un'fi--ka! 
mil wit 1 , i-rth. ,l-f,i . . 
conflagrate 
M forfeited for any reason : H-. tn e> 
book; tin- pnlir [,ii I1( , 
,,..,.1.......... . 'ollolj. ] 
implement*. 
nli.'.i-iiliix, |,.,.: gee tin- vi-rli. I 1 . 
iin. I .-nljiiilK'-il lo tin- pulilic ii 
KOOI|S of a criminal. 
Tin i. 
-. th- las ,.] 
2. Aiiproju-iati-il nmli-r li-gal iiuthority a> for- 
fi-iti-il. 
tiro = It.riiiifrriiiiitiro, < \At. rinitirmiitirHK, < L. 
<-iiii.tii->iuiliix. j,|i. of ,;,,iiii-niiii; , confirm : - 
I'n-iii. } Having tin- powi-r of <-oiifiriiiiiig ; ti-n.l- 
inx to confirm or establish; confirmatory. 
N I Ll -I nativ, ,.f ,.... "did ,h- Confiscation <kon-h,k., Mont, ,,. [ 
lightest elevatl f eyebrow n .,. """'(> l>. l.tiiihxknlii = t ..TO/.//*,-,,/, ,< Jian. 
8w. tomfltkation) Sp. <-rtvi<-i<.i/ = ]> K . ,-,,,1- 
.ti,'llril<i It.t 
< L. COIlflsi-nri . |i|>. i-initisi-iltux. iisc.,- 
COnfirmatively (kon-frr'ma-tiv-li), inlr. In a 
conlirmativi- manni-r; so as ti nlirm. 
confirmator (k 
tor (kon'fc-r-imi-tor), ii. f= F. con/lr- <*'"./""''"'- ' I 
= S (> . iv. <;///;,,/, = It.<v/erma- P"I>"at'"K as forfeited. 
i. |i|i. 
eonfineatr, r.] Tlio ui-t of i-onl'iM-alin);, or 
verlf> my or ,-orrolioratin 
'iinlii'ii of ..iiinini or "" '' """"**"> * UI B- *3JT. Ilisfll irvVIII ' I 
,* hroiU't ,,'t chris, f,, r ti,,, ,,,,, confirmatory (kon-fVma-to-ri), a. [< confirm Pr.emnnire, and b/U^ 
i, -in-,, -in themseiv-s Miin-ei. m s.,,,11, h -"'"'.'/] 1. S<TVI iig t o confirm ; gi vmg ad- 
ditional strength, force, or stability, or addi- 
tional assurance or evidence. 
making ni,,iv linn ; 
In the defen, , and ,;,,inf,,iiili,iii of the L-ospcl. ye all are 
partaker* ol m .t (TM*, 1'hil. i. 7. 
(i-)Tlie a, I ol n .ndi -i inn i -, -rl.-iin or show ing to be true ; the 
act of yeruyinf or corroborating ; , ,,ir,,i, oration ; us, the 
'III,- alvnnirnl -, 
of his ilt.ri i n 
A false report which hath 
Honour d with ttufntfHm >om- m-cat judgment 
Shak.. Cymbelinc, I. 7. 
It was at. llenin. aiiotln-r N , -i , , , -oiintry, that the kinj; 
again n-e-h.-.i : , ixwytrmaMon o] th,- exlstonc ,,t a Chris- 
tian prli who was said to inhabit the heart of Africa to 
the south east ,,f thu state. 
Bruce, Source of the Nile, II. 105. 
Of all the results gained by .Vordenskjold's famous ex- 
pedition, perhaps the most Important Is the ,-,,;., 
it lias afforded of the true nature of continental ice. 
,/. Cfoil, Climate and Cosmology, p. 65. 
(i/) The act of rendering valid or ratifying, especially by 
formal assent of the final or sovereign authority, or hv ac- 
tion of a coordinate authority (as the United states Sen- 
ate): as, the ,-////, -i/i, if i/i of an appointment, or of a grant, 
treaty, promise, covenant, stipulation, or agreement, (f) 
Ecdeo. : (1) A rite whereby baptized pel-sons are admit- 
ted to full communion with the church. In the Koman 
Catholic, liivek. and Anglican churches It consists of the 
imposition of hands and prayer i,\ a hi. hop (or in the 
Greek Church by episcopal authority), preceded in the two 
former by unction or anointing with -In -ism. In thenrst two 
churches it is regarded as the continuing or strengthening 
, oonfinn : M .- <-niiiii-w.~} Ouewnoortnat 
which confirms. [Kare.] 
'I I" ' i '> tin- ill-ninth.. <-ni,jirmatiir, and U-t 
uf tliinuH nni-i-rtain, tin- Beiut- of man. 
9h / Brmnu, Vulg. Err. 
The m/frafuu following a subdued reMllon. 
'Hi- particular clause In relation I.. ; 
property and th, ill,, ,ati f ill 
objectionable in its nn ronfoi unit to th. act M '.ngrvas 
. . . upon the same subjects. Lin- 
WiTsiifthl- 
t -> a estates he 
had Ills Antt taste of spoil. 
Slubla, Medieval and Modem Hist, p. 254. 
Confiscation Act. (a) A Tutted States statute of 1881 
(12 Slat., am) "to confiscate property used for Insurrec- 
tionary purpo*ea." (ft) A statute of ISM (12 Mat., Ml)) au. 
thorlzlng the seizure of sin h pi. .p. rty and Its condemna- 
tion by pr.s-eediiii.-s ill the I nil, .1 states courts. These 
acts- .rtofthe " war measures adopi-.| dm 
Ing the civil war, and w-r- nph-ld by the Supr-in- Court 
In 1-70 (Miller v. I. s, ii wall ; .!N. Confiscation 
cues, fifteen cases decldi-d In tin- I'nitid -t ,i, . Mi|,reiue 
Court in IHUS (7 Wall., 4:,U -trnin.- Hi- lonlU-atlon 
Act of 18(11. Nee above. 
confiscator (kon'fis-ka-tor), n. [< confiscate + 
tic; a confirmed drunkard; ^confirmed vaietu- T' , Cf ' 8 P' c "fi gca(l < >r < confiscator : LL. eon- 
" fiscator, a treasurer.] One who confiscates. 
To each of these reasons he subjoins ample and I-arncd 
Illustrations and confinnatoru proofs. 
I>1>. Bartoir, Remains, p. 458. 
2. Pertaining to the rite of confirmation. 
M i , , nnfinitatory usage In the synagogues. 
Bp. Campion, Eplscopalia (1088), p. 35. 
confirmed (kon-fermd'), n. a. [Pp. of confirm, 
.] 1. Made finii; fixed; established; invet- 
erate; steadfast; settled: 
I aee the emjkcalor* begin with bishops, and chapters 
and monasteries. Ilin-k.; Key. In France. 
[< 
und low-churchmen regiird it from different points of view 
dinarian. 
Those affecting hallucinations terrified them, lest they 
should settle into a rori/frmri/ loss of reason. 
l:ii/irrr, Eugene Aram, vll. 33. confiscatory (kon-fis'ka-to-ri), a. 
2. Eccles., admitted to the full privileges of 
the church by the laying on of hands. See con- 
Jiniiillinn. 1 (f) (1). 
confirmedly (kon-fer'med-li), adv. In a con- 
firmed manner. 
confirmedness (kon-fer'med-nes), n. The state 
or quality of being confirmed. 
of habit. Decay of CArutum Piety. 
on of hands following baptism. di.stinct"froin*onlTiwUon1 Secured. 
and administered by apostles only. Unction was discon- confirmer (kon-fer'mer), n. One who or that 
tinned in the Anglican Church not long after the Reforma- which confirms, establishes, or ratines ; one 
_ * !.__ '_ .a 
+ -ory. Cf. coHftscaiitr.] Characterized by 
confiscation. 
Those terrible coiificatnry and -xtcrniinatory periods 
Burkr, To K. Burke. 
confiskt, r. t. [< F. confisqucr, < L. confiswre, 
confiscate: see confiscate.'] To confiscate. 
Thy goods are canjiiked, and thy children banished. 
Goldrn Boot, |y. 
confitt, n. A Middle English form of comfit. 
confitentt (kon'fi-tent), n. [< L. eonfiten(t-)s, 
ppr. of confiteri, confess: see confess.] One 
who r * u - 
confesses his sins and faults. 
A wide difference there is lietween a mere eontirnt and 
a true penitent. Vrcan qfCliri*ilau I'itly. 
k church has always retained wno P rotlnc . es corroborative evidence ; one who Confiteor (kon-fit'e-6r), n. [L., I confess, 1st 
however, the two have been or tnat which verifies or corroborates; an at- P ers - sing- pres. ind. of confiteri: see confess.'] 
ith century by an interval of tester. The form of confession used in the Latin 
this practice ; in the West, 
separated since the thirteei: 
seven years or more. Formerly confirmation was some- 
times allowed to he administered by presbyters if author- 
ized by the bishop ; and this is still the case in the Greek 
Be these sad signs 
Then speak again. 
of thy words? 
Shak., K. John, ill. 1. 
Church: so called from the initial word, con- 
fiteor, I confess. See confexxiiin. 
1 by the pastors. Other 
Protestant denominations reject it. 
The Fathers . . . held fnniinnatinn as an ordinance 
apostolic always profitable in God's Church. 
confixed te.'] Capable of being confiscated : lia- 
ble to forfeiture. Sir T. Browne. [Bare.] 
confiscate (kon-fis'kat or kon'fis-kat), v. t. 
It. F. liuii<i 
>ple. 
EI-Mediimh. p. 177. 
St. A composition ; a preparation made up of 
different drugs. Cliaunr. 
Hooker, Ecclea! Polity, v. 06. pret. and ^."confiscated , ppr. confiscating >.' f< confi^ (kon-fiW), r. t. ' [< L. confrus, pp. of con- 
is called cnn.fi nnatiim, iieeanse they who Li- confiscatus, pp. of confiscare (> F. eonfisquer figert, fasten together, transfix,< pom- together 
'hri's't'ia'n'dutieshv't'h,' un'ic'e therein b'i- !.. '_ a'!?* t^'L T^'^"-^"^" = Dan - ^onfis- + figere, fasten: see fix.] To fix; fasten. 
= Pr. Sp. Pg. confiscar 
This ordinance _ 
duly receive it are .. 
nlment of their Christian duties by the grace therein be- 
stowed upon them. Uoiik. 
(2) The practice, enjoined in sonic ancient western direc- 
tories, of pouring a little of the consecrated wine from 
the chalice out of which the celebrant had communicated 
himself into the unconsecrated wine In another chalice 
or other chalices. This was supposed to serve as conse- 
rvation to the win- in the latter. 
2. That which confirms ; that which gives new - . , , ~ 
strength or assurance; additional evidence; a^ <>/ other criminal, by way of penalty ; 
proof; convincing testimony; corroboration. 
Trifles, light as air, 
An- to tin- jealous confirmation* strong 
As proofs of holy writ. Shak., Othello, III. 3. 
In a good Cause success is a good confirmation. 
Miltnn. Kik'olioklastes, xxviil. 
3. In laic, an assurance of title by the convey- 
ance of an estate or right in esse from one to 
another, by which a voidable estate is made 
sun- or nnvoiilabli-. or a particular estate is in- 
', fasten: see fix.] To fix; fasten. 
As this is true 
--- -r Let me in safety raise me from my knees; 
tor the public treasury, confiscate, < Com-, to- Or else for ever be confixed here, 
gether, + fiscus, a wicker basket, a basket for A ""rble monument ! Shak., M. for M., y. i. 
money, a purse, the public treasury: see fiscal, conflxuret (kon-fik'sur), 11. [< confix + -are ] 
Cf. conrt.it.] 1. To adjudge to be forfeited to The act of fastening'or holding fast. 
the public treasury, as the goods or estate of How subject we are to embrace this earth, even while 
a traitor or other criminal, by way of penalty ; It wounds us by this amjirurr of ourselves to It ! 
appropriate, by way of penalty, to public use. *' Hontainir, Itevoute Essays. 
It was judged he should be banished, and his whole es- COnflagrant (kon-fla' grant), a. [< L. confla- 
tate mt0M*M and seized. Bacon. gran(t-)s, ppr. of confinqfarr, burn up : see con- 
If a man doth carry more money about him then is war- fiaqrate. Cf. flagrant.] Burning ; involved in 
ranted or allowed in the country, it Is conftcated to the a conflagration TRare 1 
Pri** Coryat, Crudities, I. 93. '* To dta-|w 
The assistance which the military orders afforded him Satan with his perverted world ; then raise 
[Henry II.] on the occasion (the taking of Acre] caused the l-Yoin the rmirfn'/run/ mass, purged and refined 
regent of Naples to txmftoatt all the estates of those or- New heavens; m-w earth, ag-s ,,1 endless date, 
ders within the kingdom of Naples. Kouml.il in righteousness, and peace, and love 
Stubbt, Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 182. Milton, V. L., lit 548. 
