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affirmer|əˈfɜːmə(r)|
[f. affirm + -er1.]
One who affirms: a. who confirms, or supports (obs.); b. who asserts or declares; c. who maintains what is disputed or denied, as opposed to the denier.
1540Coverdale Confut. Standish Wks. II. 374 Ye..report us to be the affirmers of your wicked words. 1611Cotgr., Affirmateur, an affirmer, soother, avoucher. 1637Gillespie Eng. Pop. Cerem. ii. vii. 29 His Majesties Auctority, did..exeeme the affirmers from the paines of probation. 1860West. Rev. No. 36, 419 But the proof lies with the affirmer. 1865Reader 30 Sept. 371/1 It is chiefly as an affirmer of positive doctrine that Plato has been influential. |