affirmed

Verb

affirm (third-person singular simple present affirms, present participle affirming, simple past and past participle affirmed)

1. To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.
   • She affirmed that she would go when I asked her.
2. To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.
   • Jesus, […] whom Paul affirmed to be alive1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 25:19

   Synonyms:

   protest

3. To support or encourage.
   • gender-affirming; trans-affirming
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.

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