affirm

Verb

Meaning

to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.

To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true; -- opposed to deny.

To declare, as a fact, solemnly, under judicial sanction. See Affirmation, 4.

To declare or assert positively.

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

confirm support declare sustain assert verify assure pronounce ratify validate substantiate corroborate aver avow swan
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Antonyms

deny invalidate negate repudiate bandy evert
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Hypernyms

declare

Hyponyms

shew back take show hold claim

Phrases with the word

to affirm affirm to affirm before a judge and jury affirm in court

Derivatives

affirmed affirming

Examples

It is for man to establish the reign of liberty in the midst of the world of the given. To gain the supreme victory, it is necessary, for one thing, that by and through their natural differentiation men and women unequivocally affirm their brotherhood. Simone de Beauvoir

Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true. Teresa of Ávila

The earth we inhabit is an error, an incompetent parody. Mirrors and paternity are abominable because they multiply and affirm it. Jorge Luis Borges

I am no less confident, that no learned lawyer will affirm that an impeachment can lie against the King, they all going in his name: and one of their maxims is, that the King can do no wrong. Charles I of England

Who is he who will affirm that there must be a web of flesh and bone to hold the shape of love? William Faulkner

Everywhere we remain unfree and chained to technology, whether we passionately affirm or deny it. Martin Heidegger

Close letter words and terms

affinoid affinor affinoside affirm before a judge and jury affirm in court affirm to