From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Affirmative \Af*firm"a*tive\, a. [L. affirmativus: cf. F.
affirmatif.]
1. Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common
law.
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2. 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.
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3. Positive; dogmatic. [Obs.] --J. Taylor.
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Lysicles was a little by the affirmative air of
Crito. --Berkeley.
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4. (logic) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a
proposition.
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5. (Alg.) Positive; -- a term applied to quantities which are
to be added, and opposed to {negative}, or such as are to
be subtracted.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Affirmative \Af*firm"a*tive\, n.
1. 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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Whether there are such beings or not, 't is
sufficient for my purpose that many have believed
the affirmative. --Dryden.
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2. A word or phrase expressing affirmation or assent; as,
yes, that is so, etc.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
affirmative
adj 1: affirming or giving assent; "an affirmative decision";
"affirmative votes" [syn: {affirmative}, {affirmatory}]
[ant: {negative}]
2: expecting the best; "an affirmative outlook" [syn:
{affirmative}, {optimistic}]
3: expressing or manifesting praise or approval; "approbative
criticism"; "an affirmative nod" [syn: {approving},
{affirmative}, {approbative}, {approbatory}, {plausive}]
n 1: a reply of affirmation; "he answered in the affirmative"
[ant: {negative}]
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