AFFIRMATIVE

AFFIRM'ATIVE, adjective 1. That affirms, or asserts; declaratory of what exists; opposed to negative; as, an affirmative proposition.2. Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law.3. In algebra, positive; a term applied to numbers which have the sign + plus, denoting addition, and opposed to negative, or such as have the sign - minus, denoting subtraction.4. Positive; dogmatic. obsolete AFFIRM'ATIVE, noun That side of a question which affirms or maintains; opposed to negative; as, there were seventy votes in the affirmative and thirty-five in the negative.

---

affirmative. Affirmative, a. that affirms or declares

---

Af‐firm″a‐tive (�), a. [[L. affirmativus: cf. F. affirmatif.]] 1. 1. Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law.
2. 2. That affirms; asserting that the fact is so; declaratory of what exists; answering “yes” to a question; — opposed to negative; as, an affirmative answer; an affirmative vote.
3. 3. Positive; dogmatic. J. Taylor.
Lysicles was a little by the affirmative air of Crito. Berkeley. 4. 4. (logic) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
5. 5. (Alg.) Positive; — a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to negative, or such as are to be subtracted.