Definition:
- (v. t.) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.
- (v. t.) To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true; -- opposed to deny.
- (v. t.) To declare, as a fact, solemnly, under judicial sanction. See Affirmation, 4.
- (v. i.) To declare or assert positively.
- (v. i.) To make a solemn declaration, before an authorized magistrate or tribunal, under the penalties of perjury; to testify by affirmation.
Compare affirm with other words:
affirm vs. swear
affirm vs. witness
affirm vs. endorse
affirm vs. repeat
affirm vs. pledge
affirm vs. stipulate
affirm vs. grant
accept vs. affirm
affirm vs. misaffirm
affirm vs. obversion
affirm vs. forevouched
affirm vs. nontenure
affirm vs. insist
affirm vs. content
affirm vs. prove
affirm vs. announce
affirm vs. substantiate
affirm vs. guarantee
affirm vs. avow
affirm vs. corroborate
affirm vs. iterate
affirm vs. infer
affirm vs. allege
adopt vs. affirm
affirm vs. assure
affirm vs. approve
affirm vs. emphasize
affirm vs. assertor
affirm vs. affirmance
affirm vs. affirmer
affirm vs. affirmatively
affirm vs. avouch
affirm vs. ascertain
affirm vs. negate
affirm vs. reaffirm
affirm vs. asseverate
affirm vs. confirm
affirm vs. affirmative
affirm vs. affirmation
affirm vs. deny
affirm vs. support
affirm vs. encourage
affirm vs. positively
affirm vs. concur
affirm vs. agree
affirm vs. declare
affirm vs. attest
affirm vs. verify
affirm vs. indicate
affirm vs. profess
affirm vs. maintain
affirm vs. stress
affirm vs. assert
affirm vs. positive
affirm vs. aver
affirm vs. protest
affirm vs. apprehension
affirm vs. depose
affirm vs. enforce
affirm vs. yes
affirm vs. exemplified
affirm vs. reveal