affirm
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- v establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
- v to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
- v say yes to
- And inevitably the criticism arrived as well, dressed up in social science and scholarly glee at the semiotics of girls kneeling beneath raised swords to affirm their purity.
- Beatification will confirm Pius' "heroic virtue," affirm a miracle (a nun's broken kneecap healed) and encourage Catholics to venerate his remains, which will be transferred to a .
- Presidents can choose to affirm instead of swear (although only one has: the devout Franklin Pierce).