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confirmative, a. and n.|kənˈfɜːmətɪv|
[ad. L. confirmātīv-us, f. ppl. stem of L. confirmāre: see -ive. Cf. F. confirmatif, -ive, 16th c. in Littré.]
A. adj. Having the property of confirming, establishing, or making sure or certain.
a1635Naunton Fragm. Reg. (ed. 1) in Select. Harl. Misc. (1793) 172 With the celestial bond (confirmative religion) which made them one. 1654Earl of Orrery Parthen. (1676) 235 A confirmative argument. 1755N. Magens Insurances I. 468 The Peace of Breslau of 1742, and that of Dresden 1745, confirmative of the precedent one. 1881Morgan Contrib. N. Amer. Ethnol. IV. 13 They had a negative as well as a confirmative vote.
†B. n. Something that confirms or expresses confirmation. Obs.
1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. xix. (Arb.) 236 These words, for, because, and such other confirmatiues. 1595in Spottiswood Hist. Ch. Scot. vi. (1677) 413 Confirmatives or ratifications of any former gifts.
Hence conˈfirmatively adv.
1844S. R. Maitland Dark Ages 24 If..it were to be delivered confirmatively. |