Verb

To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.

She affirmed that she would go when I asked her.

To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.

* Bible, Acts xxv. 19

Jesus, whom Paul affirmed to be alive

To support or encourage.

They did everything they could to affirm the children's self-confidence.

To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; especially (legal) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appelate court for review.

Verb

(en verb)

(intransitive) To do or say again (and again).

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(obsolete) To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.

(Waller)

(legal, Scotland) To repay or refund (an excess received).