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Testimony :: Testimony (n.) A solemn declaration or affirmation made for the purpose of establishing or proving some fact.

Averment :: Averment (v. t.) The act of averring, or that which is averred; affirmation; positive assertion..

Oath :: Oath (n.) A solemn affirmation or declaration, made with a reverent appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed..

Perjury :: Perjury (v.) At common law, a willfully false statement in a fact material to the issue, made by a witness under oath in a competent judicial proceeding. By statute the penalties of perjury are imposed on the making of willfully false affirmations..

Affirmatory :: Affirmatory (a.) Giving affirmation; assertive; affirmative.

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; -.

Yes :: Yes (adv.) Ay; yea; -- a word which expresses affirmation or consent; -- opposed to no.

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

Predicate :: Predicate (v. i.) To affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation.

Protestation :: Protestation (n.) Formerly, a declaration in common-law pleading, by which the party interposes an oblique allegation or denial of some fact, protesting that it does or does not exist, and at the same time avoiding a direct affirmation or denial..

Word :: Word (n.) Language considered as implying the faith or authority of the person who utters it; statement; affirmation; declaration; promise.

Denial :: Denial (n.) The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; -- the contrary of affirmation..

Testimony :: Testimony (n.) Affirmation; declaration; as, these doctrines are supported by the uniform testimony of the fathers; the belief of past facts must depend on the evidence of human testimony, or the testimony of historians..

Epistrophe :: Epistrophe (n.) A figure in which successive clauses end with the same word or affirmation; e. g., Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I..

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..

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..

Asseveration :: Asseveration (n.) The act of asseverating, or that which is asseverated; positive affirmation or assertion; solemn declaration..

Oath :: Oath (n.) A solemn affirmation, connected with a sacred object, or one regarded as sacred, as the temple, the altar, the blood of Abel, the Bible, the Koran, etc..

Affirmation :: Affirmation (n.) The act of affirming or asserting as true; assertion; -- opposed to negation or denial.

Protest :: Protest (v. t.) To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to..

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