Included, present, characterized by affirmation.
Formally laid down.
In laws, that which is natural bindeth universally; that which is positive, not so.
Stated definitively and without qualification.
Positive words, that he would not bear arms against King Edward’s son.
A thing capable of being affirmed; something real or actual.
rating Positives by their Privatives
A favourable point or characteristic.
From Old French positif, from Latin positivus, from the past participle stem of ponere (“to place”). Compare posit.
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Something having a positive value in physics, such as an electric charge.