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Affirming Affirm Af*firm" ([a^]f*f[~e]rm"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Affirmed (-f[~e]rmd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Affirming.] [OE.
affermen, OF. afermer, F. affirmer, affermir, fr. L.
affirmare; ad + firmare to make firm, firmus firm. See
Firm.]
1. To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; esp. (Law), to assert
or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought
before an appellate court for review.
2. To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to
maintain as true; -- opposed to deny.
Jesus, . . . whom Paul affirmed to be alive. --Acts
xxv. 19.
3. (Law) To declare, as a fact, solemnly, under judicial
sanction. See Affirmation, 4.
Syn: To assert; aver; declare; asseverate; assure; pronounce;
protest; avouch; confirm; establish; ratify.
Usage: To Affirm, Asseverate, Aver, Protest. We
affirm when we declare a thing as a fact or a
proposition. We asseverate it in a peculiarly earnest
manner, or with increased positiveness as what can not
be disputed. We aver it, or formally declare it to be
true, when we have positive knowledge of it. We
protest in a more public manner and with the energy of
perfect sincerity. People asseverate in order to
produce a conviction of their veracity; they aver when
they are peculiarly desirous to be believed; they
protest when they wish to free themselves from
imputations, or to produce a conviction of their
innocence.
Confirming Confirm Con*firm", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confrmed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Confirming.] [OE. confermen, confirmen, OF.
confermer, F. confirmer, fr. L. confirmare; con- + firmare to
make firm, fr. firmus firm. See Firm.]
1. To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish;
as, health is confirmed by exercise.
Confirm the crown to me and to mine heirs. --Shak.
And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law. --Ps.
cv. 10.
2. To strengthen in judgment or purpose.
Confirmed, then, I resolve Adam shall share with me
in bliss or woe. --Milton.
3. To give new assurance of the truth of; to render certain;
to verify; to corroborate; as, to confirm a rumor.
Your eyes shall witness and confirm my tale. --Pope.
These likelihoods confirm her flight. --Shak.
4. To render valid by formal assent; to complete by a
necessary sanction; to ratify; as, to confirm the
appoinment of an official; the Senate confirms a treaty.
That treaty so prejudicial ought to have been
remitted rather than confimed. --Swift.
5. (Eccl.) To administer the rite of confirmation to. See
Confirmation, 3.
Those which are thus confirmed are thereby supposed
to be fit for admission to the sacrament. --Hammond.
Syn: To strengthen; corroborate; substantiate; establish;
fix; ratify; settle; verify; assure.
Confirmingly Confirmingly Con*firm"ing*ly, adv.
In a confirming manner.
Squirming Squirm Squirm, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squirmed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Squirming.] [Cf. Swarm to climb a tree.]
To twist about briskly with contor?ions like an eel or a
worm; to wriggle; to writhe.
