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[ verb ] establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
Synonyms Examples "his story confirmed my doubts" "The evidence supports the defendant" Used in print (Douglas Ashford, "Elections in Morocco: Progress...)There were rumors that the Ministry_of_the_Interior favored an arbitrary , `` non-political '' process , which were indirectly affirmed when the King personally intervened in the planned meetings . |
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[ verb ] to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
Examples "Before God I swear I am innocent" Used in print (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)In affirming this we have already taken the decisive step in breaking the deadlock into which Bultmann 's attempt to formulate such a theology has led . |
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[ verb ] say yes to
Used in print (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)Or was he now taking the role - the gesture and the suffering - because it was the only way to affirm his history and identity in the torpid , befogged loneliness of this land . |
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