AFFIRM

AFFIRM, verb transitive afferm' [Latin affirmo; ad and firmo, to make firm. See Firm.]1. To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to declare the existence of something; to maintain as true; opposed to deny.Of one Jesus whom Paul affirmed to be alive. Acts 25:19.2. To make firm; to establish, confirm or ratify; as, the Supreme court affirmed the judgment.AFFIRM', verb intransitive To declare solemnly before a court or magistrate, for confirming a fact, or to have an affirmation administered to, by way of confirmation, or as a substitute for an oath; as, the witness affirmed to the fact, or he was affirmed to the fact.

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affirm. Affirm, v.t. to declare, avouch, confirm

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Af‐firm″ (ăf‐fẽrm″), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Affirmed (–fẽrmd″); p. pr. & vb. n. Affirming.] [[OE. affermen, OF. afermer, F. affirmer, affermir, fr. L. affirmare; ad + firmare to make firm, firmus firm. See Firm.]] 1. 1. To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; esp. (Law), to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.
2. 2. To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true; — opposed to deny.
Jesus, . . . whom Paul affirmed to be alive. Acts xxv. 19. 3. 3. (Law) To declare, as a fact, solemnly, under judicial sanction. See Affirmation, 4.
Syn. — To assert; aver; declare; asseverate; assure; pronounce; protest; avouch; confirm; establish; ratify. — To Affirm, Asseverate, Aver, Protest. We affirm when we declare a thing as a fact or a proposition. We asseverate it in a peculiarly earnest manner, or with increased positiveness as what can not be disputed. We aver it, or formally declare it to be true, when we have positive knowledge of it. We protest in a more public manner and with the energy of perfect sincerity. People asseverate in order to produce a conviction of their veracity; they aver when they are peculiarly desirous to be believed; they protest when they wish to free themselves from imputations, or to produce a conviction of their innocence.