2. Pertaining to the rite of confirmation. Compton.

Con*firm"ed*ly (?), adv. With confirmation.

Con*firm"ed*ness, n. A fixed state.

Con`fir*mee" (?), n. [F. confirmÚ, p. p. of confirmer.] (Law) One to whom anything is confirmed.

Con*firm"er (?), n. One who, or that which, confirms, establishes, or ratifies; one who corroborates. Shak.

Con*firm"ing*ly, adv. In a confirming manner.

Con*fis"ca*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. confiscable.] Capable of being confiscated; liable to forfeiture.

Con"fis*cate (? or &?;), a. [L. confiscatus, p. p. of confiscare to confiscate, prop., to lay up in a chest; con- + fiscus basket, purse, treasury. See Fiscal.] Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited.

Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate.

Shak.

Con"fis*cate (? or &?;; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confiscated; p. pr. & vb. n. Confiscating.] To seize as forfeited to the public treasury; to appropriate to the public use.

It was judged that he should be banished and his whole estate confiscated and seized.

Bacon.

Con`fis*ca"tion (?), n. [L. confiscatio.] The act or process of taking property or condemning it to be taken, as forfeited to the public use.

The confiscations following a subdued rebellion.

Hallam.

Con"fis*ca`tor (?), n. [L., a treasurer.] One who confiscates. Burke.

Con*fis"ca*to*ry (?), a. Effecting confiscation; characterized by confiscations. "Confiscatory and exterminatory periods." Burke.

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