affirm

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English affermen, from Old French afermer, affermer, from Latin affirmare, adfirmare (“to present as fixed, aver, affirm”), from ad (“to”) + firmare (“to make firm”), from firmus (“firm”). By surface analysis, af- +‎ firm. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /əˈfɝm/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈfɜːm/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m === Verb === affirm (third-person singular simple present affirms, present participle affirming, simple past and past participle affirmed) To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively. To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true. Synonym: protest To support or encourage. To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; especially (law) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review. (law) To state under a solemn promise to tell the truth which is considered legally equivalent to an oath, especially of those who have religious or other moral objections to swearing oaths; also solemnly affirm. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== validate ==== Antonyms ==== disaffirm deny (of 1, 2) repudiate (of 2) invalidate (of 4) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== affirmation affirmative ==== Translations ==== === Interjection === affirm (aviation) Yes; true; correct. ==== Synonyms ==== affirmative (military) === See also === affirmative action confirm === Further reading === “affirm”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “affirm”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “affirm”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.