| VERB | cognition | affirm, confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support | establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts |
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| communication | affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear | to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true | |
| communication | affirm | say yes to |
| Sounds | ahfer'm | |
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| Rhymes | berm ... worm: 26 rhymes with erm... | |
| Meaning | Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Synonyms | confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support | |
| Narrower | back, back up | Establish as valid or genuine |
| document | support or supply with references | |
| prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew | Establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment / experiment | |
| validate | prove valid | |
| verify | confirm the truth of | |
| vouch | Give supporting evidence | |
| Opposite | negate, contradict | prove negative |
| Spanish | comprobar, confirmar, constatar, corroborar, ratificar, reafirmar, revalidar, sustanciar | |
| Catalan | confirmar, constatar, corroborar, reafirmar | |
| Adjectives | affirmable | capable of being affirmed or asserted |
| Nouns | affirmation | a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was correct and should stand |
| Meaning | To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Model | They affirm that there was a traffic accident | |
| Synonyms | verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear | |
| Narrower | assure, tell | inform positively and with certainty and confidence |
| attest | authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity | |
| claim, take | lay claim to | |
| declare | state firmly | |
| hold | assert or affirm | |
| protest | affirm or avow formally or solemnly | |
| Broader | declare | state emphatically and authoritatively |
| Spanish | afirmar, asegurar, aseverar, atestar, certificar, corroborar, garantizar, jurar, testimoniar, verificar | |
| Catalan | afirmar, asseverar, corroborar, jurar, verificar | |
| Nouns | affirmation | a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something |
| affirmation | the act of affirming / affirming or asserting or stating something | |
| affirmer | someone who claims to speak the truth | |
| Meaning | say yes to. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Narrower | claim | assert or affirm strongly |
| confirm, reassert | strengthen or make more firm | |
| maintain, defend | state or assert | |
| reaffirm | affirm once again | |
| Spanish | afirmar | |
| Catalan | afirmar | |
| Adjectives | affirmative, affirmatory | affirming or giving assent |
| Nouns | affirmation | the act of affirming / affirming or asserting or stating something |
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