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affirm

SYLLABICATION:	af·firm
PRONUNCIATION:	-fûrm
VERB:	Inflected forms: af·firmed, af·firm·ing, af·firms
TRANSITIVE VERB:	1. To declare positively or firmly; maintain to be true. 2. To support or uphold the validity of; confirm.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:	Law To declare solemnly and formally but not under oath.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English affermen, from Old French afermer, from Latin affirmre : ad-, ad- + firmre, to strengthen (from firmus, strong; see dher- in Appendix I).
OTHER FORMS:	af·firma·ble —ADJECTIVE af·firma·bly —ADVERB af·firmant —ADJECTIVE & NOUN af·firmer —NOUN


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