affirm

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

affirmer

assurer

confirmer

constater

certifier

soutenir

attester

témoigner

garantir

jurer

valider

dire

🗣️

homologuer

infirmer

maintenir

presser

proclamer

accoter

Synonymes

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

Traductions

afirmar

affermare

versichern

afirmar

behaupten

bestätigen

bejahen

confirmar

verzekeren

bekräftigen

confermare

afirmar

beteuern

vergewissern

assicurare

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/əˈfɝm/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: 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”).