Affirmative \Af*firm"a*tive\, a. [L. affirmativus: cf. F.
affirmatif.]
1. Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common
law.
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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.
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3. Positive; dogmatic. [Obs.] --J. Taylor.
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Lysicles was a little by the affirmative air of
Crito. --Berkeley.
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4. (logic) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a
proposition.
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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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Affirmative \Af*firm"a*tive\, 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.
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Whether there are such beings or not, 't is
sufficient for my purpose that many have believed
the affirmative. --Dryden.
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2. A word or phrase expressing affirmation or assent; as,
yes, that is so, etc.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
affirmative
adj 1: affirming or giving assent; "an affirmative decision";
"affirmative votes"; "an affirmative nod"; "an
affirmatory gesture" [syn: affirmatory] [ant: negative]
2: expecting the best; "an affirmative outlook" [syn: optimistic]
3: supporting a policy or attitude etc; "an affirmative
argument" [syn: favoring]
n : a reply of affirmation; "he answered in the affirmative"
[ant: negative]
WordNet (r) 2.0
132 Moby Thesaurus words for "affirmative":
OK, absolute, acceptance, accord, accordant, acquiescence,
acquiescent, affirmation, affirmative attitude, affirmative voice,
affirmativeness, affirmatory, agree, agreeable, agreeing,
agreement, amen, answerable, approbation, approval, approving,
assent, assenting, assertative, assertional, assertive, at one,
aye, blessing, coexistent, coexisting, coherent, coincident,
coinciding, commensurate, compatible, compliable, compliance,
compliant, con, concordant, concurring, conformable, congenial,
congruent, congruous, connivance, consent, consentaneous,
consentient, consenting, consistent, consonant, content,
cooperating, cooperative, correspondent, corresponding, decided,
declarative, declaratory, eager, eagerness, emphatic, en rapport,
endorsement, endorsing, equivalent, favorable, harmonious,
in accord, in agreement, in rapport, in sync, in synchronization,
inaccordance, inharmony, interest, like-minded, nay, no, nod,
nod of assent, nothing loath, of a piece, of like mind,
of one mind, okay, on all fours, permission, permissive, positive,
predicational, predicative, pro, prompt, promptitude, promptness,
proportionate, ratification, ratifying, readiness, ready,
reconcilable, sanction, sanctioning, self-consistent, side,
submission, submissive, symbiotic, synchronized, synchronous,
the affirmative, the negative, thumbs-up, unanimous, ungrudging,
ungrudgingness, uniform, unisonant, unisonous, unloath,
unloathness, unrefusing, unreluctance, unreluctant, willing,
willingness, yea, yea-saying, yes
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
AFFIRMATIVE. Averring a fact to be true; that which is opposed to negative.
(q.v.)
2. It is a general rule of evidence that the affirmative of the issue
must be proved. Bull. N. P. 298 ; Peake, Ev. 2.
3. But when the law requires a person to do an act, and the neglect of
it, will render him guilty and punishable, the negative must be proved,
because every man is presumed to do his duty and in that case they who
affirm he did not, must prove it. B. N. P. 298; 1 Roll. R. 83; Comb. 57; 3
B.& P. 307; 1 Mass. R. 56.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
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