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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Pro :: Pro (adv.) For, on, or in behalf of, the affirmative side; -- in contrast with con..
Reaffirm :: Reaffirm (v. t.) To affirm again.
Predicatory :: Predicatory (a.) Affirmative; positive.
Disaffirm :: Disaffirm (v. t.) To assert the contrary of; to contradict; to deny; -- said of that which has been asserted.
Testify :: Testify (v. t.) To affirm or declare under oath or affirmation before a tribunal, in order to prove some fact..
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.
Reaffirmance :: Reaffirmance (n.) Alt. of Reaffirmatio.
Deny :: Deny (v. t.) To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit..
Affirm :: Affirm (v. i.) To declare or assert positively.
Asseveration :: Asseveration (n.) The act of asseverating, or that which is asseverated; positive affirmation or assertion; solemn declaration..
Ascription :: Ascription (n.) The act of ascribing, imputing, or affirming to belong; also, that which is ascribed..
Curse :: Curse (v. i.) To utter imprecations or curses; to affirm or deny with imprecations; to swear.
Negative :: Negative (a.) Not positive; without affirmative statement or demonstration; indirect; consisting in the absence of something; privative; as, a negative argument; a negative morality; negative criticism..
Avouch :: Avouch (v. t.) To declare or assert positively and as matter of fact; to affirm openly.
Affirmative :: Affirmative (n.) That which affirms as opposed to that which denies; an affirmative proposition; that side of question which affirms or maintains the proposition stated; -- opposed to negative; as, there were forty votes in the affirmative, and ten in the negative..
Swear :: Swear (v. t.) To utter or affirm with a solemn appeal to God for the truth of the declaration; to make (a promise, threat, or resolve) under oath..
Issue :: Issue (n.) A point in debate or controversy on which the parties take affirmative and negative positions; a presentation of alternatives between which to choose or decide.
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..
Misaffirm :: Misaffirm (v. t.) To affirm incorrectly.
Protest :: Protest (v. t.) To make a solemn declaration or affirmation of; to proclaim; to display; as, to protest one's loyalty..
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