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affirmed, ppl. a.|əˈfɜːmd|
[f. affirm + -ed.]
†1. Made firm, established, strengthened, confirmed. Obs.
c1300K. Alis. 7356 Afeormed faste is this deray; Hostage y-take, and treuth y-plight. a1450Knt. de la Tour 51 He had hoped to haue turned her, but she was so afermed in goodnesse, that it wolde not be. 1541R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Cyrurg., In the vpper roundnes therof is affyrmed the holownesse of the pyt or morteys bones.
†2. Confirmed, corroborated (by new statements). Obs.
c1440Prom. Parv., Affermyd, or grawntyd be worde, Affirmatus. 1552–5Latimer Serm. & Rem. (1845) 149 A story, written by a Spaniard..and affirmed by many godly and well learned men.
3. Maintained, positively asserted, declared.
1611Cotgr., Affirmé, affirmed, avouched. 1641F. Greville Disc. Nat. Episc. i. v. 21 To an Affirm'd Syllogisme, every part must be affirm'd. Mod. The picture affirmed to have been stolen. |