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Definitions for Affirming
[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 Affirming
affirmrepeat, confirm, ratify, insist, assert, maintain, profess, declare, guarantee, attest, predicate, avow, set, avouch, certify, pronounce, vouch, ice, testify, state
Words nearby Affirming
affirmaffined, affinitive, affinity, affinity card, affinity group, affirm, affirmance, affirmant, affirmation, affirmative, affirmative action
Origin of Affirming
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 Affirming
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 Affirming
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 Affirming
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