0 present participle of affirm
[ + (that) ] The suspect affirmed (that) he had been at home all evening.
The government has affirmed its commitment to equal rights.
They too imparted female qualities to the kingship, whilst simultaneously affirming the king's manhood.
After all, a juror at the outset has no basis for either affirming or denying the innocencem of the defendant.
In both cases, understanding the implications of the concept in question implies affirming its existence.
Far from affirming continuity, scripture affirms extinction and recreation.
Hence, he has no good reason for affirming that theistic belief is irrational or unreasonable.
It is clearly compatible with affirming the existence of good probabilistic theistic arguments.
Enjoyment and meaning come in affirming that all the diversity reinforces a basic lesson.
It makes no sense to set aside some of your beliefs unless in doing so you are affirming another of your beliefs as higher.