Affirm

af-fėrm′, v.t. to a ert confidently or positively: to ratify a judgment: to confirm or maintain a statement of one's own or another's: ( log. ) to make a statement in the affirmative: ( law ) to make a formal declaration or affirmation, without an oath.— adj. Affirm′able , that may be affirmed (with of ).— n. Affirm′ance , affirmation, a ertion, confirmation.— adj. Affirm′ant —also n. , one who affirms.— n. Affirmā′tion , act of a erting: that which is affirmed: ( law ) the solemn declaration made by Quakers and others incapable of taking an oath.— adj. and n. Affirm′ative , that affirms or a erts: positive, not negative: dogmatic.— adv. Affirm′atively .— adj. Affirm′atory . [O. Fr. afermer —L. affirmāre — ad , firm us , firm. See Firm .]