Affirm

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To declare positively or firmly; maintain to be true.
  • v. To support or uphold the validity of; confirm.
  • verb-intransitive. Law To declare solemnly and formally but not under oath.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.
  • v. To support or encourage
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.
  • v. To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true; -- opposed to deny.
  • v. To declare, as a fact, solemnly, under judicial sanction. See Affirmation, 4.
  • verb-intransitive. To declare or assert positively.
  • verb-intransitive. To make a solemn declaration, before an authorized magistrate or tribunal, under the penalties of perjury; to testify by affirmation.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To state or assert positively; tell with confidence; aver; declare to be a fact; maintain as true: opposed to deny.
  • To make firm; establish, confirm, or ratify: as, the appellate court affirmed the judgment.
  • To declare or assert positively or solemnly.
  • To declare solemnly before a court or magistrate, but without oath (a practice allowed where the affirmant has scruples against taking an oath); make a legal affirmation. See affirmation.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
  • v. establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
  • v. say yes to
  • Antonym
    deny   
    Verb Form
    affirmatively    affirmed    affirming    affirms   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    Hyponym
    vouch    prove    demonstrate    document    shew    verify    establish    back    show    back up   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    aver    ratify    asseverate    protest    establish    assert    avouch    confirm    assure    pronounce   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Germ    Herm    berm    confirm    ferm    firm    germ    herm    infirm    long-term   
    Same Context
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