Definition of positive

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Positive (a.) Having a real position, existence, or energy; existing in fact; real; actual; -- opposed to negative..

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Plus :: Plus (a.) More, required to be added; positive, as distinguished from negative; -- opposed to minus..
Skepticism :: Skepticism (n.) The doctrine that no fact or principle can be certainly known; the tenet that all knowledge is uncertain; Pyrrohonism; universal doubt; the position that no fact or truth, however worthy of confidence, can be established on philosophical grounds; critical investigation or inquiry, as opposed to the positive assumption or assertion of certain principles..
Peremptory :: Peremptory (a.) Precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal; positive; absolute; decisive; conclusive; final.
Assertion :: Assertion (n.) The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced..
Memory :: Memory (n.) The reach and positiveness with which a person can remember; the strength and trustworthiness of one's power to reach and represent or to recall the past; as, his memory was never wrong..
Diamine :: Diamine (n.) A compound containing two amido groups united with one or more basic or positive radicals, -- as contrasted with a diamide..
Dogmatism :: Dogmatism (n.) The manner or character of a dogmatist; arrogance or positiveness in stating opinion.
Sure :: Sure (superl.) Certainly knowing and believing; confident beyond doubt; implicity trusting; unquestioning; positive.
Positive :: Positive (a.) Hence, basic; metallic; not acid; -- opposed to negative, and said of metals, bases, and basic radicals..
Electro-polar :: Electro-polar (a.) Possessing electrical polarity; positively electrified at one end, or on one surface, and negatively at the other; -- said of a conductor..
Positive :: Positive (n.) A picture in which the lights and shades correspond in position with those of the original, instead of being reversed, as in a negative..
Affirm :: Affirm (v. t.) To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true; -- opposed to deny.
Shall :: Shall (v. i. & auxiliary.) As an auxiliary, shall indicates a duty or necessity whose obligation is derived from the person speaking; as, you shall go; he shall go; that is, I order or promise your going. It thus ordinarily expresses, in the second and third persons, a command, a threat, or a promise. If the auxillary be emphasized, the command is made more imperative, the promise or that more positive and sure. It is also employed in the language of prophecy; as, the day shall come when . .
Confidently :: Confidently (adv.) With confidence; with strong assurance; positively.
Prepositive :: Prepositive (a.) Put before; prefixed; as, a prepositive particle..
Postpositive :: Postpositive (a.) Placed after another word; as, a postpositive conjunction; a postpositive letter..
Vitre-o-electic :: Vitre-o-electic (a.) Containing or exhibiting positive, or vitreous, electricity..
Print :: Print (n.) A photographic copy, or positive picture, on prepared paper, as from a negative, or from a drawing on transparent paper..
Positive :: Positive (a.) Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations; absolute; -- opposed to relative; as, the idea of beauty is not positive, but depends on the different tastes individuals..
Ambreate :: Ambreate (n.) A salt formed by the combination of ambreic acid with a base or positive radical.
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