confirmative adj 1: serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence" [syn: {collateral}, {confirmative}, {confirming}, {confirmatory}, {corroborative}, {corroboratory}, {substantiating}, {substantiative}, {validating}, {validatory}, {verificatory}, {verifying}]
Confirmative \Con*firm"a*tive\, a. [L. confirmativus: cf. F. confirmatif.] Tending to confirm or establish. --Sherwood. -- {Con*firm"a*tive*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]