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affirm
English
Etymology
From Middle English affirmen, affermen, from Old French afermer, affermer, from Latin affirmare, adfirmare (“to present as fixed, aver, affirm”), from ad (“to”) + firmare (“to make firm”), from firmus (“firm”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /??f?m/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??f??m/
- Rhymes: -??(?)m
Verb
affirm (third-person singular simple present affirms, present participle affirming, simple past and past participle affirmed)
- 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.
- To support or encourage.
- They did everything they could to affirm the children's self-confidence.
- To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; especially (law) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.
Synonyms
- validate
Antonyms
- disaffirm
- deny (of 1,2)
- repudiate (of 2)
- invalidate (of 4)
Related terms
- affirmation
- affirmative
Translations
See also
- affirmative action
- confirm
Further reading
- affirm in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- affirm in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- affirm at OneLook Dictionary Search
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drawl
English
Etymology
From a modern frequentative form of draw, equivalent to draw +? -le. Compare draggle. Compare also Dutch dralen (“to drag out, delay, linger, tarry, dawdle”), Old Danish dravle (“to linger, loiter”), Icelandic dralla (“to loiter, linger”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d???l/
- (US) IPA(key): /d??l/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /d??l/
- (Can we verify(+) this pronunciation?) (US, paragon) IPA(key): /d????w/
- Rhymes: -??l
Verb
drawl (third-person singular simple present drawls, present participle drawling, simple past and past participle drawled)
- (transitive) To drag on slowly and heavily; to while or dawdle away time indolently.
- (transitive) To utter or pronounce in a dull, spiritless tone, as if by dragging out the utterance.
- (intransitive) To move slowly and heavily; move in a dull, slow, lazy manner.
- (intransitive) To speak with a slow, spiritless utterance, from affectation, laziness, or lack of interest.
- Template:Landor IC
- talk sometimes a pestilence , and sometimes a hero , mostly in a drawling and dreaming way about it
- Template:Landor IC
Translations
Noun
drawl (plural drawls)
- A way of speaking slowly while lengthening vowel sounds and running words together. Characteristic of some southern US accents, as well as Scots.
Translations
See also
- brogue
- lilt
- lisp
- twang
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