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- English Word Affinity Definition A superior spiritual relationship or attraction held to exist sometimes between persons, esp. persons of the opposite sex; also, the man or woman who exerts such psychical or spiritual attraction.
- English Word Affirm Definition to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.
- English Word Affirm Definition To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true; -- opposed to deny.
- English Word Affirm Definition To declare, as a fact, solemnly, under judicial sanction. See Affirmation, 4.
- English Word Affirm Definition To declare or assert positively.
- English Word Affirm Definition To make a solemn declaration, before an authorized magistrate or tribunal, under the penalties of perjury; to testify by affirmation.
- English Word Affirmable Definition Capable of being affirmed, asserted, or declared; -- followed by of; as, an attribute affirmable of every just man.
- English Word Affirmance Definition Confirmation; ratification; confirmation of a voidable act.
- English Word Affirmance Definition A strong declaration; affirmation.
- English Word Affirmant Definition One who affirms or asserts.
- English Word Affirmant Definition One who affirms, instead of taking an oath.
- English Word Affirmation Definition Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law.
- English Word Affirmation Definition The act of affirming or asserting as true; assertion; -- opposed to negation or denial.
- English Word Affirmation Definition That which is asserted; an assertion; a positive statement; an averment; as, an affirmation, by the vender, of title to property sold, or of its quality.
- English Word Affirmation Definition A solemn declaration made under the penalties of perjury, by persons who conscientiously decline taking an oath, which declaration is in law equivalent to an oath.
- English Word Affirmative Definition Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law.
- English Word Affirmative Definition 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.
- English Word Affirmative Definition Positive; dogmatic.
- English Word Affirmative Definition Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
- English Word Affirmative Definition Positive; -- a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to negative, or such as are to be subtracted.