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KJV Dictionary / A / affirm

KJV Dictionary Definition: affirm

affirm

AFFIRM, v.t. afferm' L. affirmo; ad and firmo, to make firm. See Firm.

1. To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to declare the existence of something; to maintain as true; opposed to deny.

Of one Jesus whom Paul affirmed to be alive. Acts 25.

2. To make firm; to establish, confirm or ratify; as, the Supreme court affirmed the judgment.

affirmable

AFFIRM'ABLE, a. That may be asserted or declared; followed by of; as, an attribute affirmable of every just man.

affirmance

AFFIRM'ANCE, n.

1. Confirmation; ratification; as, the affirmance of a judgment; a statute in affirmance of common law.

2. Declaration; affirmation. Little used.

affirmant

AFFIRM'ANT, n. One who affirms.

affirmation

AFFIRMA'TION, n.

1. The act of affirming or asserting as true; opposed to negation or denial.

2. That which is asserted; position declared as true; averment.

3. Confirmation; ratification; an establishing of what had been before done or decreed.

4. A solemn declaration made under the penalties of perjury, by persons who conscientiously decline taking an oath; which affirmation is in law equivalent to testimony given under oath.

affirmative

AFFIRM'ATIVE, a.

1. That affirms, or asserts; declaratory of what exists; opposed to negative; as, an affirmative proposition.

2. Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law.

3. In algebra, positive; a term applied to numbers which have the sign + plus, denoting addition, and opposed to negative, or such as have the sign - minus, denoting subtraction.

4. Positive; dogmatic. Obs.

AFFIRM'ATIVE, n. That side of a question which affirms or maintains; opposed to negative; as, there were seventy votes in the affirmative, and thirty-five in the negative.

affirmatively

AFFIRM'ATIVELY, adv. In an affirmative manner; positively; on the affirmative side of a question; opposed to negatively.

affirmed

AFFIRM'ED, pp. Declared; asserted; averred; confirmed; ratified.

affirmer

AFFIRM'ER, n. One who affirms.

affirming

AFFIRM'ING, ppr. Asserting; declaring positively; confirming.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
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