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Affirmative   /əfˈərmətɪv/   Listen
noun
Affirmative  n.  
1.
That which affirms as opposed to that which denies; an affirmative proposition; that side of question which affirms or maintains the proposition stated; opposed to negative; as, there were forty votes in the affirmative, and ten in the negative. "Whether there are such beings or not, 't is sufficient for my purpose that many have believed the affirmative."
2.
A word or phrase expressing affirmation or assent; as, yes, that is so, etc.


adjective
Affirmative  adj.  
1.
Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law.
2.
That affirms; asserting that the fact is so; declaratory of what exists; answering "yes" to a question; opposed to negative; as, an affirmative answer; an affirmative vote.
3.
Positive; dogmatic. (Obs.) "Lysicles was a little by the affirmative air of Crito."
4.
(logic) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
5.
(Alg.) Positive; a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to negative, or such as are to be subtracted.





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"Affirmative" Quotes from Famous Books



... interruptions, for the library is the least visited portion of the palace, and I am glad to welcome any who are disposed to inspect its treasures. I know not, cavaliere," he added, "if the report of my humble labours has ever reached you;" and on Odo's affirmative gesture he went on, with the eagerness of a shy man who gathers assurance from the intelligence of his listener: "Such researches into the rude and uncivilised past seem to me as essential to the comprehension of the present as the mastering of the major premiss ...
— The Valley of Decision • Edith Wharton
... question as if he had no doubt about my answer, and I fulfilled his expectation by answering promptly in the affirmative. The proposal seemed in every way to my advantage, and was altogether to my liking; and even had it been less so I should have accepted it, for what I had just heard greatly whetted my curiosity, and made me more desirous than ever to know the history of the ...
— Mr. Fortescue • William Westall
... upon this question; Dolly herself taking the negative and her mother the affirmative side. She wanted her daughter at home, ...
— The End of a Coil • Susan Warner
... is, he had at first planned to go, then—after the disastrous call at the parsonage—decided that he would go under no circumstances, and at the last changed his mind once more to the affirmative. Miss Madeline Fosdick, Jane Kelsey's friend, was responsible for the final change. She it was who had sold him his ticket and urged him to be present. He and she had met several times since the first meeting at the post-office. Usually ...
— The Portygee • Joseph Crosby Lincoln
... asking with the utmost earnestness how she had received the presents which he had sent, and finally demanding of M. de Rambure if he were satisfied with the diamond ring that she had presented to him, a question which his messenger was careful to answer in the affirmative, at the same time assuring his Majesty that although he valued the jewel itself at a hundred pistoles, he prized it still more as the gift of so ...
— The Life of Marie de Medicis, Vol. 1 (of 3) • Julia Pardoe


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