affirm

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
15
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/əˈfɝm/
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/əˈfɝm/ · /əˈfɜːm/

Definition of affirm

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.
    “She affirmed that she would go when I asked her.”
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verb

  1. To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.
    “She affirmed that she would go when I asked her.”
  2. To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.
    “Jesus, […] whom Paul affirmed to be alive”
    “However, as anyone who knew Adrian Shooter would affirm, he very rarely took no for an answer.”
  3. To support or encourage.
    “gender-affirming; trans-affirming”
    “They did everything they could to affirm the children's self-confidence.”
    “Kate pointed out that these similarities between the various accounts of parents with trans children attracts criticism from those commentators who argue that trans children do not exist or should not be affirmed in their gender.”
  4. 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.
  5. 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.

intj

  1. Yes; true; correct.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

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.

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