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Affirmative | Affirmative \Af*firm"a*tive\, a. [L. affirmativus: cf. F. affirmatif.] 1. Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. Positive; dogmatic. [Obs.] --J. Taylor. [1913 Webster] Lysicles was a little by the affirmative air of Crito. --Berkeley. [1913 Webster] 4. (logic) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition. [1913 Webster] 5. (Alg.) Positive; -- a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to {negative}, or such as are to be subtracted. [1913 Webster] |
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