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All affirm synonyms

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verb affirm

  • repeat — repeat loop
  • confirm — If something confirms what you believe, suspect, or fear, it shows that it is definitely true.
  • ratify — to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction: to ratify a constitutional amendment.
  • insist — to be emphatic, firm, or resolute on some matter of desire, demand, intention, etc.: He insists on checking every shipment.
  • assert — If someone asserts a fact or belief, they state it firmly.
  • maintain — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
  • profess — to lay claim to, often insincerely; pretend to: He professed extreme regret.
  • declare — If you declare that something is true, you say that it is true in a firm, deliberate way. You can also declare an attitude or intention.
  • guarantee — a promise or assurance, especially one in writing, that something is of specified quality, content, benefit, etc., or that it will perform satisfactorily for a given length of time: a money-back guarantee.
  • attest — To attest something or attest to something means to say, show, or prove that it is true.
  • predicate — to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
  • avow — If you avow something, you admit it or declare it.
  • set — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
  • avouch — to vouch for; guarantee
  • certify — If someone in an official position certifies something, they officially state that it is true.
  • pronounce — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
  • vouch — to support as being true, certain, reliable, etc. (usually followed by for): Her record in office vouches for her integrity.
  • ice — the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
  • testify — to bear witness; give or afford evidence.
  • state — the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes: a state of health.
  • swear — to make a solemn declaration or affirmation by some sacred being or object, as a deity or the Bible.
  • asseverate — to assert or declare emphatically or solemnly
  • cinch — If you say that something is a cinch, you mean that you think it is very easy to do.
  • aver — If you aver that something is the case, you say very firmly that it is true.
  • clinch — If you clinch something you are trying to achieve, such as a business deal or victory in a contest, you succeed in obtaining it.
  • okay — to put one's endorsement on or indicate one's approval of (a request, piece of copy, bank check, etc.); authorize; initial: Would you OK my application?
  • witness — to see, hear, or know by personal presence and perception: to witness an accident.
  • nail down — a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
  • lock up — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
  • rubber-stamp — to imprint with a rubber stamp.
  • announce — If you announce something, you tell people about it publicly or officially.
  • verify — to prove the truth of, as by evidence or testimony; confirm; substantiate: Events verified his prediction.
  • acknowledge — If you acknowledge a fact or a situation, you accept or admit that it is true or that it exists.
  • sustain — to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
  • uphold — to support or defend, as against opposition or criticism: He fought the duel to uphold his family's honor.
  • support — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
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