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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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whine
English
Etymology
From Middle English whynen, hwinen, whinen, from Old English hw?nan (“to rush, to whizz, to squeal, to whine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hw?nan, from Proto-Germanic *hw?nan?, from Proto-Indo-European *?wey- (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”). Cognate with Old Norse hvína, whence Icelandic hvína, Norwegian hvine, Swedish vina, and Danish hvine.
Despite the strong similarity in sound and meaning, not related with German weinen, Dutch wenen, from Proto-Germanic *wain?n?.
Pronunciation
- enPR: w?n, IPA(key): /wa?n/, [?a??n], [????n], [?ä?n], [??e?n]
- (without the wine–whine merger) enPR: hw?n, IPA(key): /?a?n/
- Rhymes: -a?n
- Homophone: wine (accents with the wine-whine merger)
Noun
whine (plural whines)
- A long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound.
- A complaint or criticism.
Translations
Verb
whine (third-person singular simple present whines, present participle whining, simple past and past participle whined)
- (intransitive) To utter a high-pitched cry.
- (intransitive) To make a sound resembling such a cry.
- The jet engines whined at take off.
- (intransitive) To complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine.
- (intransitive) To move with a whining sound.
- (transitive) To utter with the sound of a whine.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:complain
Translations
Middle English
Verb
whine
- Alternative form of whynen
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