the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Affirmative
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) A word or phrase expressing affirmation or assent; as, yes, that is so, etc.
(2):
(a.) Positive; dogmatic.
(3):
(a.) Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law.
(4):
(a.) 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.
(5):
(a.) Positive; - a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to negative, or such as are to be subtracted.
(6):
(a.) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
(7):
(n.) That which affirms as opposed to that which denies; an affirmative proposition; that side of question which affirms or maintains the proposition stated; - opposed to negative; as, there were forty votes in the affirmative, and ten in the negative.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Affirmative'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/a/affirmative.html. 1828.
