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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Affirm \Af*firm"\ ([a^]f*f[~e]rm"), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Affirmed} (-f[~e]rmd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Affirming}.] [OE. affermen, OF. afermer, F. affirmer, affermir, fr. L. affirmare; ad + firmare to make firm, firmus firm. See {Firm}.]
1. To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; esp. (Law), to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.
2. To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true; -- opposed to {deny}.
Jesus, . . . whom Paul affirmed to be alive. --Acts xxv. 19.
3. (Law) To declare, as a fact, solemnly, under judicial sanction. See {Affirmation}, 4.
Syn: To assert; aver; declare; asseverate; assure; pronounce; protest; avouch; confirm; establish; ratify.
Usage: To {Affirm}, {Asseverate}, {Aver}, {Protest}. We affirm when we declare a thing as a fact or a proposition. We asseverate it in a peculiarly earnest manner, or with increased positiveness as what can not be disputed. We aver it, or formally declare it to be true, when we have positive knowledge of it. We protest in a more public manner and with the energy of perfect sincerity. People asseverate in order to produce a conviction of their veracity; they aver when they are peculiarly desirous to be believed; they protest when they wish to free themselves from imputations, or to produce a conviction of their innocence.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Affirmed
noun: thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1978
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
68 Moby Thesaurus words for "affirmed": accepted, accessible, acknowledged, admitted, alleged, allowed, announced, approved, asserted, asseverated, attested, authenticated, averred, avouched, avowed, broadcast, brought to notice, certified, circulated, common knowledge, common property, conceded, confessed, confirmed, countersigned, current, declared, deposed, diffused, disseminated, distributed, endorsed, enunciated, granted, in circulation, in print, made public, manifestoed, notarized, open, pledged, predicated, proclaimed, professed, pronounced, propagated, public, published, ratified, received, recognized, reported, sealed, signed, spread, stamped, stated, sworn, sworn and affirmed, sworn to, telecast, televised, underwritten, validated, vouched, vouched for, vowed, warranted
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