affirm
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
affirm (affirms, present participle affirming; past and past participle affirmed)
- To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.
- She affirmed that she would go when I asked her.
- To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Acts 25:19 ↗:
- Jesus, […] whom Paul affirmed to be alive
- To support or encourage.
- They did everything they could to affirm the children's self-confidence.
- To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; especially (legal) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.
- disaffirm
- deny (of 1,2)
- repudiate (of 2)
- invalidate (of 4)
- German: zustimmen, bejahen, bestätigen
- Portuguese: afirmar
- Spanish: afirmar
- German: unterstützen
- Portuguese: afirmar
- Spanish: afirmar
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