Associations to the word «Affirm»

Wiktionary

AFFIRM, verb. To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.
AFFIRM, verb. To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.
AFFIRM, verb. To support or encourage.
AFFIRM, verb. To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; especially (legal) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appelate court for review.

Dictionary definition

AFFIRM, verb. Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant".
AFFIRM, verb. To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent".
AFFIRM, verb. Say yes to.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats