To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.
She affirmed that she would go when I asked her.
To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.
Jesus, […] whom Paul affirmed to be alive
To support or encourage.
gender-affirming; trans-affirming
Yes; true; correct.
From Middle English affermen, from Old French afermer, affermer, from Latin affirmare, adfirmare (“to present as fixed, aver, affirm”), from ad (“to”) + firmare (“to make firm”), from firmus (“firm”).
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