Bible Dictionaries
Affirm

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. i.) To declare or assert positively.

(2):

(v. i.) To make a solemn declaration, before an authorized magistrate or tribunal, under the penalties of perjury; to testify by affirmation.

(3):

(v. t.) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.

(4):

(v. t.) To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true; - opposed to deny.

(5):

(v. t.) To declare, as a fact, solemnly, under judicial sanction. See Affirmation, 4.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Affirm'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/affirm.html. 1828.