| affirmative | 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. "Lysicles was a little by the affirmative air of Crito." (Berkeley) 4. <logic> Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition. 5. <mathematics> Positive; a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to negative, or such as are to be subtracted. Origin: L. Affirmativus: cf. F. Affirmatif. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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