Definition of affirm

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Affirm (v. t.) To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true; -- opposed to deny.

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Disaffirmation :: Disaffirmation (n.) The act of disaffirming; negation; refutation.
Allege :: Allege (v. t.) To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert; as, to allege a fact..
Affirmative :: Affirmative (a.) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
Nontenure :: Nontenure (n.) A plea of a defendant that he did not hold the land, as affirmed..
Assertor :: Assertor (n.) One who asserts or avers; one who maintains or vindicates a claim or a right; an affirmer, supporter, or vindicator; a defender; an asserter..
Predicable :: Predicable (n.) Anything affirmable of another; especially, a general attribute or notion as affirmable of, or applicable to, many individuals..
Protest :: Protest (v. t.) To make a solemn declaration or affirmation of; to proclaim; to display; as, to protest one's loyalty..
Averment :: Averment (v. t.) The act of averring, or that which is averred; affirmation; positive assertion..
Disaffirmance :: Disaffirmance (n.) Overthrow or annulment by the decision of a superior tribunal; as, disaffirmance of judgment..
Predicability :: Predicability (n.) The quality or state of being predicable, or affirmable of something, or attributed to something..
Disaffirmance :: Disaffirmance (n.) The act of disaffirming; denial; negation.
Seconder :: Seconder (n.) One who seconds or supports what another attempts, affirms, moves, or proposes; as, the seconder of an enterprise or of a motion..
Erotesis :: Erotesis (n.) A figure o/ speech by which a strong affirmation of the contrary, is implied under the form o/ an earnest interrogation, as in the following lines; -.
Affirmation :: Affirmation (n.) A solemn declaration made under the penalties of perjury, by persons who conscientiously decline taking an oath, which declaration is in law equivalent to an oath..
Contradiction :: Contradiction (n.) An assertion of the contrary to what has been said or affirmed; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; contrary declaration; gainsaying.
Particular :: Particular (a.) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject; as, a particular proposition; -- opposed to universal: e. g. (particular affirmative) Some men are wise; (particular negative) Some men are not wise..
Aver :: Aver (v. t.) To affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner, as in confidence of asserting the truth..
Affirmed :: Affirmed (imp. & p. p.) of Affir.
Thesis :: Thesis (n.) An affirmation, or distinction from a supposition or hypothesis..
Affirmatory :: Affirmatory (a.) Giving affirmation; assertive; affirmative.
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