affirm

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.
2. To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.
3. To support or encourage.
4. To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; especially (law) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.
5. To state under a solemn promise to tell the truth which is considered legally equivalent to an oath, especially of those who have religious or other moral objections to swearing oaths; also solemnly affirm.

Intj

Yes; true; correct.

Sinonieme

assert

confirm

assure

certify

aver

corroborate

declare

swear

verify

attest

avow

insist

support

maintain

substantiate

establish

vouch

acknowledge

state

say yes

testify

assent

allege

vow

swan

🦢

ratify

ascertain

approve

pronounce

ensure

proclaim

back up

affirmation

authenticate

witness

validate

say emphatically

sustain

take note

notice

announce

note

execute

bear witness

back

🔙

prove

award

accord

attorn

advance

Vertalings

afirmar

affirmer

affermare

afirmar

bestätigen

behaupten

versichern

bejahen

confirmar

assurer

verzekeren

bekräftigen

constater

afirmar

confirmer

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/əˈfɝm/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: affermen

In summary

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”).