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Definitions for Affirm

[1] to state or assert positively; maintain as true: to affirm one's loyalty to one's country; He affirmed that all was well.
[2] to confirm or ratify: The appellate court affirmed the judgment of the lower court.
[3] to assert solemnly: He affirmed his innocence.
[4] to express agreement with or commitment to; uphold; support: to affirm human rights.
[5] Law . to state something solemnly before a court or magistrate, but without oath. to ratify and accept a voidable transaction. (of an appellate court) to determine that the action of the lower court shall stand.
[6] (may take a clause as object) to declare to be true; assert positively
[7] to uphold, confirm, or ratify
[8] (intr) law to make an affirmation

Words related to Affirm

repeat, confirm, ratify, insist, assert, maintain, profess, declare, guarantee, attest, predicate, avow, set, avouch, certify, pronounce, vouch, ice, testify, state

Words nearby Affirm

affined, affinitive, affinity, affinity card, affinity group, affirm, affirmance, affirmant, affirmation, affirmative, affirmative action

Origin of Affirm

1300–50; < Latin affirmāre, equivalent to af- af- + firmāre to make firm (see firm1); replacing Middle English a(f )fermen < Middle French afermer < Latin

Other words from Affirm

af·firm·a·ble , adjective
af·firm·a·bly , adverb
af·firm·er , noun
af·firm·ing·ly , adverb
o·ver·af·firm , verb
pre·af·firm , verb
re·af·firm , verb (used with object)
un·af·firmed , adjective

Word origin for Affirm

C14: via Old French from Latin affirmāre to present (something) as firm or fixed, assert, from ad- to + firmāre to make firm 1

Synonyms for Affirm

assert, confirm, declare, guarantee, insist, maintain, profess, ratify, repeat, asseverate, attest, aver, avouch, avow, certify, cinch, clinch, ice, okay, predicate, pronounce, set, state, swear, testify, vouch, witness, cross heart, have a lock on, lock up, nail down, put on ice, rubber-stamp, say so, swear on bible, swear up and down