Antonyms for affirms
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : uh-furm |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈfɜrm |
Definition of affirms
Origin :- c.1300, from Old French afermier (Modern French affirmer) "affirm, confirm; strengthen, consolidate," from Latin affirmare "to make steady, strengthen," figuratively "confirm, corroborate," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + firmare "strengthen, make firm," from firmus "strong" (see firm (adj.)). Spelling refashioned 16c. in French and English on Latin model. Related: Affirmed; affirming.
- verb declare the truth of something
- A philosophy that denies our knowledge of the Real and affirms our ignorance of the Apparent.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- That is what you say: that is what Albert Barnes affirms in his philosophy.
- Extract from : « Slavery Ordained of God » by Rev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.
- That the letter was read, Nanny, who is truth itself, affirms she saw.
- Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper
- The third remains, which affirms that only certain things communicate with certain other things.
- Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato
- Does he who affirms this mean to say that motion is rest, or rest motion?
- Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato
- Plato affirms, almost in so many words, that nature abhors a vacuum.
- Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
- Onoma, a name, affirms the real existence of that which is sought after—on ou masma estin.
- Extract from : « Cratylus » by Plato
- Markham affirms that the words mean "A chance, or lucky, game-cock!"
- Extract from : « South American Fights and Fighters » by Cyrus Townsend Brady
- The first quality of both he affirms to be indestructibility.
- Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall
- I dread to utter it, for all approve what the prince Palatine affirms.
- Extract from : « The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810 » by Various
Synonyms for affirms
- assert
- asseverate
- attest
- aver
- avouch
- avow
- certify
- cinch
- clinch
- confirm
- cross heart
- declare
- guarantee
- have a lock on
- ice
- insist
- lock up
- maintain
- nail down
- okay
- predicate
- profess
- pronounce
- put on ice
- ratify
- repeat
- rubber-stamp
- say so
- set
- state
- swear
- swear on bible
- swear up and down
- testify
- vouch
- witness
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