Affirm
- v. i. To make a solemn declaration, before an authorized magistrate or tribunal, under the penalties of perjury; to testify by affirmation.
- 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.
The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.