Definition of Affirms

1. Verb. (third-person singular of affirm) ¹

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Definition of Affirms

1. affirm [v] - See also: affirm

Lexicographical Neighbors of Affirms

affirmative sentence
affirmative waste
affirmatively
affirmativeness
affirmatives
affirmatory
affirmaunce
affirme
affirmed
affirmer
affirmers
affirmeth
affirming
affirming the consequent
affirmingly
affirms (current term)
affix
affixable
affixal
affixation
affixational
affixations
affixative
affixatives
affixed
affixedness
affixer
affixers
affixes
affixial

Literary usage of Affirms

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memoirs of the Courts of Berlin and St. Petersburg by Honoré-Gabriel de Riquetti Mirabeau (1910)
"He affirms the downfall of Hertzberg approaches; this I do not believe. ... Prince Henry affirms that the King is entirely French. ..."

2. A General Abridgment of Law and Equity: Alphabetically Digested Under Proper by Charles Viner (1791)
"... he affirms all the name, and therefor» cannot ... for by it he affirms fart of the namey 11E 4.1. by this form, ..."

3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1816)
"Bernard applauds his own success in the depopulation of Europe ; affirms that cities and castles were ..."

4. The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the by Robert Chambers (1832)
"... Lane—there is an old dissenting meeting-house, now used as a carpenter's shop, which tradition affirms to have been occupied by John Bunyan for worship. ..."

5. The Popular Science Monthly (1878)
"But it would be a mere exercise of unprofitable casuistry to inquire which is the less untrustworthy guide, he who affirms that the whole road is easy, ..."

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