Definition of affirm

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Affirm (v. i.) To make a solemn declaration, before an authorized magistrate or tribunal, under the penalties of perjury; to testify by affirmation..

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Negative :: Negative (a.) Denying; implying, containing, or asserting denial, negation or refusal; returning the answer no to an inquiry or request; refusing assent; as, a negative answer; a negative opinion; -- opposed to affirmative..
Affirm :: Affirm (v. i.) To make a solemn declaration, before an authorized magistrate or tribunal, under the penalties of perjury; to testify by affirmation..
Affirming :: Affirming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Affir.
Disaffirmance :: Disaffirmance (n.) The act of disaffirming; denial; negation.
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; -.
Affirmer :: Affirmer (n.) One who affirms.
Asseverate :: Asseverate (v. t.) To affirm or aver positively, or with solemnity..
Transcendent :: Transcendent (a.) Transcending, or reaching beyond, the limits of human knowledge; -- applied to affirmations and speculations concerning what lies beyond the reach of the human intellect..
Testimony :: Testimony (n.) A solemn declaration or affirmation made for the purpose of establishing or proving some fact.
Proposition :: Proposition (n.) A complete sentence, or part of a sentence consisting of a subject and predicate united by a copula; a thought expressed or propounded in language; a from of speech in which a predicate is affirmed or denied of a subject; as, snow is white..
Affirm :: Affirm (v. t.) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review..
Jurat :: "Jurat (n.) The memorandum or certificate at the end of an asffidavit, or a bill or answer in chancery, showing when, before whom, and (in English practice), where, it was sworn or affirmed..
Apprehension :: Apprehension (n.) The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception..
Predicability :: Predicability (n.) The quality or state of being predicable, or affirmable of something, or attributed to something..
Whereas :: Whereas (conj.) Considering that; it being the case that; since; -- used to introduce a preamble which is the basis of declarations, affirmations, commands, requests, or like, that follow..
Undertake :: Undertake (v. t.) Hence, to guarantee; to promise; to affirm..
Disaffirm :: Disaffirm (v. t.) To assert the contrary of; to contradict; to deny; -- said of that which has been asserted.
Yea :: Yea (n.) An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, a vote by yeas and nays..
Contradictory :: Contradictory (a.) Affirming the contrary; implying a denial of what has been asserted; also, mutually contradicting; inconsistent..
Deny :: Deny (v. t.) To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit..
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