affirm

Meaning

To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.
To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.
To support or encourage.
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.
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.

assert

declare

allege

say emphatically

charge strictly

declare positively

take an oath

say positively

acknowledgement confirmation

warrant

testify to

assert strongly

officialise

tell firmly

give evidence of

state firmly

witness to

speak emphatically

bolster up

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈfɝm/

Inherited from 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”).

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